Dr. Rakesh Radheshyam Gupta
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Hello doctor,
My baby is 4 days old. He is diagnosed with jaundice. His Jaundice levels were 19.6 and post phototherapy they have come down to 13. The doctor has noticed that the baby has high Hb (22.3). The other vital parameters are like PCV- 63.7, RBC- 6.36, WBC- 11600 per microliter of blood, and platelets -2.05 x10^3 per microliter of blood. The doctor has suggested blood dilution.
Please let us know if blood dilution would solve the issue and if we have to be bothered about any other parameters.
Hello,
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Your baby's bilirubin is now in safe range. But as his Hb (hemoglobin) is more this may lead to hemolysis, etc. Dilution of blood means they take out blood and replace with saline. This may lead to dilution. But I think in your case if the baby is active we can wait or do a partial exchange.
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