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Raised liver enzymes outcome?

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JRTfan · 17/09/2024 12:36

So DD was referred to paeds by our gp at 8 week check as she thought she looked a bit jaundiced..had bloods done at hospital and came back slightly raised they referred to Birmingham Children's hospital specialist who requested more bloods 2 weeks after the 1st, the results were the same. Again they took Birmingham advice and they wanted further investigation so yesterday we had a very traumatic hour getting 6 vials of blood from her. We also have to give 3 urine samples.
She has no symptoms wee and poo normal and growing well she isn't presenting jaundiced according to docs that have seen her..
Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and can share the outcome. I'm flipping from not worried at all to panicking they will find something really bad..

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Unseenentity · 17/09/2024 14:31

I would contact your paediatric team to get an update as they'll have seen the actual results rather than guessing. Elevated liver enzymes that turn out to be nothing serious are a really common situation, however there are some rare but important conditions they'll be trying to rule out.

Ineffable23 · 17/09/2024 14:36

Unseenentity · 17/09/2024 14:31

I would contact your paediatric team to get an update as they'll have seen the actual results rather than guessing. Elevated liver enzymes that turn out to be nothing serious are a really common situation, however there are some rare but important conditions they'll be trying to rule out.

This is good advice. I had raised bilirubin levels as a child and go a funny yellow colour if I get ill - not fully jaundiced but not my usual colour. I turned out to have a benign disorder that means I have too much bilirubin in my blood and that's the extent of it. But the team doing the work need to do their checks to decide what next steps there are or if they things it's benign.

JRTfan · 17/09/2024 21:59

Thanks for the replies we are awaiting results from the latest blood tests and are under the care of the specialist team I just wondered if anyone else had been in the same boat to get some shared experiences.

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