Not exact matches
If the baby is premature, or stressed
from a difficult birth, or the infant
of a diabetic mother, or more than the usual number
of red blood cells are breaking down (as can happen in blood incompatibility), the
level of bilirubin in the blood may rise
higher than usual
levels.
Anything
from bright orange to darkish brown is a sign
of high blood
levels of bilirubin, a common product
of catabolic processes in the body.
In addition to losing her husband to a delayed cancer diagnosis, her son, Cal, now 13, was the victim
of lack
of treatment for too -
high bilirubin levels as a newborn, which resulted in kernicterus, or brain damage
from severe jaundice.
Cancers (eg lymphosarcoma) associated with the feline leukemia virus, the debility
of feline AIDs or cats that have developed FIP can all suffer
from high bilirubin levels as well.