My baby is one month old now..... on the 3rd day birth she have jaundice and admitted and treated phototherapy for 48hours..... now how to know jaundice level decreased or not plzzz tell me

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Dr GhouseGuardian of 3 children4 years ago

A. most of the times the newborn babies will be physiological jaundice if the level is more than baby will be subject to phototherapy if you want to know you have to get Bilirubin level of the baby be done

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