When Bilirubin Is High?
A High Level of Bilirubin in the Blood Is Known as Hyperbilirubinemia. High Bilirubin Levels Can Cause Jaundice. Jaundice Makes the Skin and the Whites of the...
A high level of bilirubin in the blood is known as hyperbilirubinemia. High bilirubin levels can cause jaundice. Jaundice makes the skin and the whites of the eyes appear yellow, due to the brown and yellow bilirubin in the blood.
How is high bilirubin treated?
Treatments to lower the level of bilirubin in your baby's blood may include: Enhanced nutrition. To prevent weight loss, your doctor may recommend more-frequent feeding or supplementation to ensure that your baby receives adequate nutrition. Light therapy (phototherapy).
What can cause high bilirubin in adults?
- Anemia.
- Cirrhosis.
- A reaction to a blood transfusion.
- Gilbert syndrome -- a common, inherited condition in which there is a deficiency of an enzyme that helps to break down bilirubin.
- Viral hepatitis.
- A reaction to drugs.
- Alcoholic liver disease.
- Gallstones.
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