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Jaundice in newborn
My baby is 20 days old and has jaundice. On day 5 jaundice was 13 mg/dl on forehead and 16.5 on chest same day we did blood test as well and bilirubin total was 13.20, direct bilirubin was 1 mg/dl and indirect was 12.20 mg/dl. Baby born on 36 week and 2 days pregnancy with weight of 2.8 and discharge weight was 2.6 kg. On 17th day jaundice was 10 for forehead and 13 for chest. Still baby looks yellow. What should I do and done tyroid test as well and that's normal.
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Could be breast milk jaundice.. Stop breastfeeding for 48-72 hours and check again in see the difference if any
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
No need to worry ma'am. Please continue breastfeeding.
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Dr. Aditi Birje
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8 yrs exp
Mumbai
It's normal. Just continue breastfeeding 2 hrly. No need to worry.
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