What disease causes high bilirubin?

What disease causes high bilirubin?

What is Gilbert syndrome? Gilbert syndrome is an inherited genetic condition in which a person has slightly high levels of bilirubin pigment, because the liver does not process it properly. This can give a slightly yellow color, or jaundice, to the skin and eyes.

Is high bilirubin an emergency?

Patients with high concentrations of bilirubin (>100 μmol/l) or with evidence of sepsis or cholangitis are at high risk of developing complications and should be referred as an emergency because delays in treatment adversely affect prognosis.

Can bilirubin be 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).

Is 1.3 bilirubin high?

In most labs, a normal bilirubin level is less than 1.3 mg/dL. But some healthy people have a level up to 1.9 mg/dL. If your level is 2.0 mg/dL or greater, this is considered hyperbilirubinemia.

Can stress cause high bilirubin?

Bilirubin levels may increase with stress, strain, dehydration, fasting, infection or exposure to cold. In many individuals, jaundice is only evident when one of these triggers raises the bilirubin levels.

What are symptoms of high bilirubin?

Other general signs of many of the illnesses that cause high bilirubin can include:

• abdominal pain or swelling.
• chills.
• fever.
• chest pain.
• weakness.
• lightheadedness.
• fatigue.
• nausea.

Should I worry about high bilirubin?

Lower than normal bilirubin levels are usually not a concern. Elevated levels may indicate liver damage or disease. Higher than normal levels of direct bilirubin in your blood may indicate your liver isn’t clearing bilirubin properly.

Should I worry about 1.3 bilirubin?

Is 1.9 A high bilirubin?

Normal Results It is normal to have some bilirubin in the blood. A normal level is: Direct (also called conjugated) bilirubin: 0 to 0.3 mg/dL. Total bilirubin: 0.3 to 1.9 mg/dL.

Can dehydration cause high bilirubin?

Is 15 a high bilirubin level?

Jaundice occurs in about 60% of healthy term infants and 80% of those born prematurely. If the bilirubin concentration rises to about 5 mg/dL, the face takes on a yellow appearance. If the level reaches about 15 mg/dL, the yellow tint is visible from the head down to the midabdomen.

What is bilirubin normal range?

A normal level is: Direct (also called conjugated) bilirubin: less than 0.3 mg/dL (less than 5.1 µmol/L) Total bilirubin: 0.1 to 1.2 mg/dL (1.71 to 20.5 µmol/L)

What is a dangerously high bilirubin level?

Typically, bilirubin levels fall somewhere between 0.3 and 1.2 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). Anything above 1.2 mg/dL is usually considered high. The condition of having high bilirubin levels is called hyperbilirubinemia.