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Suggest Remedies To Lower Elevated Albumin And Bilirubin Levels In Blood
My 16 year old son has elevated albumin (not given value) and bilirubin of 1.5, severe pain after eating. Waiting to get into specialist but pediatric provider believes gastroparesis. She said she isn t sure why albumin would be high when he is hardly eating due to pain, down 11 lbs in 4 weeks. Now only weighs 125 at 6 ft tall. Any idea why labs would be elevated with this?
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
hi most important cause of abdominal pain following food is possibility of an ulcer in the gastrointestinal tract. one should work this out. elevated albumin should be checked with laboratory in terms of units which may vary from lab to lab. elevated albumin may be due to failure of absorption and metabolization in gi tract? due to ulcer if ruled out. please check with urine protein if positive indicates different
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