Comments on: Newborn Jaundice – A Condition That Occurs Due To High Bilirubin Levels!

By: ashish

ashish — Sat, 07 May 2011 13:22:11 +0000

my son is 3 days old, his jaundice level is 18.9, doctor has kept him in for phototherapy. please suggest how long is it will take to down the jaundice level down through phototherapy.

By: dheeraj

dheeraj — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:23:36 +0000

respected sir
i am dheeraj from jammu state jammu and kashmir my son age 2 and half years since birth to 3rd day of birth suffered from hyperbilirubin till date at a present bilirubin 24. kindly suggest and treatment of my son in the name of vignesh.

thanking you

By: rahul mehta

rahul mehta — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:59:00 +0000

My baby’s bilirubin has come to 24 on the 4th day. They have put him on phototherapy. Is this the best treatment? What are the possible side-effects of this level?

By: hoke74

hoke74 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:15:26 +0000

P.S. – My sons bilirubin levels were 198 – yes 198. We were told that once they were under 20 that was considered ‘safe’. They are now down to 7.

By: hoke74

hoke74 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:13:06 +0000

Jaundice in newborn babies is very dangerous. Don’t ever let a doctor or nurse or midwife dismiss it as simple breastfeeding jaundice without getting a blood test. My son developed jaundice when he was about a week old. My midwife said it was breastfeeding jaundice and to put him undressed in daylight. After a further few weeks, it still wasn’t any better so I went to my Doctor. Doctor said breastfeeding jaundice and it could take time to clear. A few weeks later, my son started bruising easily and then I found blood in his stools. The hospital admitted him…. Liver consultant at the hospital said… breastfeeding jaundice, don’t worry. Luckily a junior doctor picked up on the fact that one of the bilirubin counts from the blood test was too high and this meant that it WASN’T breastfeeding jaundice. A week later we were in a specialist liver hospital where our 8 weeks old son had to have major surgery to save his life. In the future my son will need a liver transplant and he will have liver disease for the rest of his life.

MORE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS NEED TO BE AWARE – IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR CHILD HAVING JAUNDICE GET A BLOOD TEST STRAIGHT AWAY AND DON’T WORRY ABOUT BEING CALLED AN OVERPROTECTIVE MOTHER OR FATHER!… IT COULD SAVE YOUR BABY’S LIFE!

By: upendra

upendra — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:29:56 +0000

my sister baby born after 9 yrs. he was suffered from jaundice after 21 days he was death why?

By: farshid

farshid — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:26:59 +0000

My baby boy is 45 days old. We checked his belurubin today and was 7.6mg . Is this a normal level? What steps need to be taken to lower this?

By: Phil Nelson

Phil Nelson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:00:06 +0000

Thanks for all the useful information. Your insight is very keen. Keep it up.

By: Manish

Manish — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:19:54 +0000

My baby is 7 days old. On 4 th day of his life his Bilirubin coung was 20.48 . After that he was treated with phototherapy. After phototherapy the count goes down to 11.55. Now after two days it again rise upto 16. Please suggest

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:55:18 +0000

My grandbaby was born on Jan 14,On Jan 15, she had an exchange transfusion.Bilirubin was 16,today it is 7 and the Dr. discharged her from the hospital.What was your babys bilirubin when he was discharged,My son and daughter in law are afraid she was discharged too early.I’m glad your baby is doing good,just worried.She was also given 2 doses of IVLg.