hello my baby is now 24 days old and she has baby jaundice still and doc took bilirubin test in that bilirubin total is 13 and bilirubin direct us 7 so doc said to take a scan and thyroid test and both the result came out as normal except mild hepatomegaly.... but doc said now there is no major problem so he said to take follow up bilirubin test again after 2 weeks im so worried does it will cause any harm to baby pls pls somebody help me.... pls....

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DR SHIWAJIRAO PATILGuardian of 2 children4 years ago

A. Hello, your baby girl is newborn just 24 days old and she is having a neonatal jaundice so don’t worry her maximum bilirubin was 13 and if her weight is 3 kg it’s very safe just expose her to mornings sunlight daily for 20 minutes

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