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Suggest Treatment For Fever And Elevated Bilirubin In A Child
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...My baby s age is 10 days..serum bilirubin 15.6mg,direct 3.6mg,indirect 12.0mg..having fever at the time of 1pm to 3pm at around 100 degree day time after that gradualy reduced everyday..what is remady.. YYYY@YYYY
Wed, 30 Nov 2016
for fever use acetaminophen 3 times daily
for high bilirubin, you have to increase the amount of fluids the baby takes..try to give him a breast feeding or a bottle very hour.. and foolow up the test every 2 days.. if the levels is decreasing then continue.. if the levels are increasing then go to the hospital, the baby may need to be subjeted to special type of light that breaks bilirubin in blood
for high bilirubin, you have to increase the amount of fluids the baby takes..try to give him a breast feeding or a bottle very hour.. and foolow up the test every 2 days.. if the levels is decreasing then continue.. if the levels are increasing then go to the hospital, the baby may need to be subjeted to special type of light that breaks bilirubin in blood
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