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Hello Doc. My baby boy is now 2 weeks old. Earlier last week he had high levels of bilirubin (around 18mg) so he was put in phototherapy for 24 hours. This helped the bilirubin levels to go down to around 10mg after which the doc had him discharged. But today he is again showing symptoms of having jaundice - his face seems yellowish and he is very less active, hard to wake-up and is not feeding well. Is this serious?
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