Elevated bilirubin level... what does this mean? - what does an elevated bilirubin mean
Hello! I had blood work done before 2 weeks to check my thyroid and other minor things to ... Say Got a call from my doctor this morning that my bilirubin in the liver up again ... is 30 I'm not sure what that means and my doctor really wanted to go to ... probably Freak Me Out. I see my doc on 11th June and the possibility of a further test in 2-3 months. Who knows what is "it"? Thank you in advance for your answers!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
What Does An Elevated Bilirubin Mean Elevated Bilirubin Level... What Does This Mean?
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Slight increase in bilirubin may be caused by:
* Hemolysis or increased breakdown of red blood cells
* Gilbert's Syndrome - a genetic disorder of bilirubin metabolism which can cause mild jaundice, found in approximately 5% of the population
Moderate rise in bilirubin may be caused by the following:
* Drugs (including antipsychotics, certain sex hormones and a wide range of other drugs)
* Hepatitis (Level May as a medium or high)
* Chemotherapy
* Biliary stricture (benign or malignant)
Very high levels of bilirubin can be caused by:
* Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, where the liver of the newborn can not process bilirubin causes jaundice
* Disruptions unusually large bile ducts, eg stone in tumors of the bile ducts, which obstructs the bile duct, etc.
* In case of severe liver cirrhosis
* Severe Hepatitis
* Crigler-Najjar
* Dubin-Johnson syndrome
* Choledocholithiasis (acute or chronic)
Could be a number of reasons for biliruben high. Have you been a gallbladder problem? It could also be problems with the bile. Are you sure that your biliruben is 30 and not 3.0? I've never heard of someone who has biliruben 30th In the meantime, the final liver disease, which forced me to my biliruben transplant and almost never more than 2.5. I'm sure they could 3rd When she was 30, I think that you would be in the hospital immediately taken for analysis. I think I should wait 2-3 months for another test, but some doctors are slow and not very aggressive when it comes to this kind of thing all the time, not sick and is not d other symptoms that interfere. Even if your number is 3.0, which is still too high. While it feels good, I would do what your doctor suggested, but if it is still higher, I think it is necessary to make some additional tests to find out why. Good luck.
can mean all sorts of nonsense, but probably mean nothing in isolation ... difficult to know how high that is, without knowing what units are expressed and if their serum or urine. All other laboratory results, the poor result in a test screening in the absence of symptoms, probably do a "good".
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