Sentences with phrase «high bilirubin levels as»

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.

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.

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The problem with jaundice is that if you let bilirubin levels get too high without managing them, the baby can get severe, irreversible brain damage from a condition known as kernicterus.

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.

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As the bilirubin level gets higher, the symptoms can move to the rest of his body, including his chest, abdomen, arms, and legs.

If bilirubin levels become extremely high, complications such as brain damage (kernicterus), cerebral palsy, and deafness can occur.

Babies who have high bilirubin levels on the first or second day of life, or levels that are rising quickly, and as well as premature or sick infants, will be more closely monitored.

As mentioned above, jaundice is caused by high bilirubin levels.

It could serve as a screening tool to determine whether a baby needs a blood test — the gold standard for detecting high levels of bilirubin.