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My baby is 9 days old and we have done test for stool reducing substance. Report says traces(present) . Also regarding jaundice the numbers are Serum total bilirubin - 19.1 Serum direct bilirubin - 0.5 Could you please help me with the next steps for the above reports
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
your baby seems to be having infantile jaundice which is an extenuation of normal physiological process of renewal of blood from foetal to adult type in lay mans terms
please be patient its a commonly seen phenomenon and will pass of
do not get apprehensive the pederitians will take care of it well
please be patient its a commonly seen phenomenon and will pass of
do not get apprehensive the pederitians will take care of it well
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