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Jaundice in newborn baby and GGT 179
Kindly help me or suggest what should I do, my baby is 26 days old and suffering fromJaundice. Yesterday we checked jaundice and total bilirubin is 10.62, direct is 0.74 and indirect is 9.88. Doctor ask us to do some blood test we did cbc and ggt test and ggt count is 179 and in cbc the haemoglobin is 11.1 and absolute neutrophils is 2979 and eosinophils is 7.1. Ths is normal no tyroid, is my baby alright?? What type of jaundice it is, befor delivery my bile acid was high 21.8 due to that delivery done on 36 weeks 2 days and baby weight was 2.8 kg. GGT count is 179
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Hello mam..
Need not to worry as the level is well below the interventional range and the majority is indirect components..
Just try to exclusive breastfeeding for your baby..
Nothing else to be done in current scenario
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continue breastfeeding 8 times a day and look for adequate urine output
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