Bilirubin

[briguy00]

Hi, I was wondering if someone could tell me what this might mean. I had blood work done in January as part of my physical and my Total Bilirubin was high. the paperwork says the range is 0.3-1.1 mg/dl and my number was 1.5. What does that really mean? I have not been feeling well for about a year now and was thinking my liver could be an issue?  I had high bilirubin about 4 or 5 yrs ago (if I remember right my number was 2.5 then) and lost 15 -20lbs and have had trouble getting the weight back. It affected my entire body and my body lately has had all kind of crazy things going on, like tingling all over the body at diff times, burning eyes, extreme fatigue.

[senstivelungs]

i know the strain and stresses you're going through as I'm dealing with the same s*** right now

[briguy00]

I did not eat anything after midnight and before my physical. It was first thing in the AM and I did the blood work right after. I don't know about indirect & direct. I will have to research it. Thanks for your help.

[senstivelungs]

also whats the distinction between direct and indirect? if you're 80% plus indirect then it could be gilberts

[senstivelungs]

how long did you fast for.... after a 12 hour fast numbers are much higher.... get a bilirubin test done between 2 and 6 hours after eating last.

I had high numbers with a 12 hour fast and 0.13/0.35 after a 3 hour fast.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1364954/