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What Does Icterus In Report Mean?
I am age 20, 5' 4", 120 lbs My gamma gt is below 10 [norm 10 to 58] and total bilirubin is 31 [norm less than 20] It also says slight ictarus on report. I am healthy. Only recent events were travel to South America, diarrhea due to campylobacter..first treated with 3 days of Cipro while travelling..then cultured and treated with 3 days of Zithromax. Now cured. I also took Malarone for about 18 days. Travel was in July. The other abnormality in bllod test was a TSH of 6.4 [norm0.38 to 5.5] all Canadian values. Thanks!
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
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Icterus is the clinical term used for jaundice which is increased bilirubin levels in blood. This happens due to problems in the liver and commonly can occur with mild liver infections. It is important to know if you have had some liver infection during your travel during which there might have been water and food contamination. So basically your liver function test is mildly abnormal and you need to check with your doctor if the jaundice is improving or persisting.
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Icterus is the clinical term used for jaundice which is increased bilirubin levels in blood. This happens due to problems in the liver and commonly can occur with mild liver infections. It is important to know if you have had some liver infection during your travel during which there might have been water and food contamination. So basically your liver function test is mildly abnormal and you need to check with your doctor if the jaundice is improving or persisting.
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