Elevated bilirubin

Bilirubin is a pigment made by hemoglobin in red blood cells. Red blood cells have a fixed life span and are destroyed daily. At this time, hemoglobin is broken down into haem and heme. Then the action of heme-enzyme will turn into bilirubin, and heme will be made into tissue protein again. Normal values: total bilirubin: 1.7 to 17.1 μmol / L; direct bilirubin: 0 to 3.42 μmol / L; indirect bilirubin: 1.7 to 13.68 μmol / L.

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