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Mom of a 8 m old boy7 months ago

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my baby was having jaundice 17 so we admitted to the hospital for phototherapy. at time of discharge the bilirubin report was 8.5 we gave him sunbath for 20 days , now weather is warm so it's important to give sunlight more ? or jaundice will go by its own? plz suggest

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RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl7 months ago

A. 8.5 is a very decent figure it is going to reduce down over the period and you should give more of sunlight time to the child where you can expose your child into indirect sunlight every day for 30 to 40 minutes that is going to be really very i beneficial for the kid sunlight

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