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Suggest Treatment For Elevated Bilirubin Levels
my daughter is 20 years old and has just completed a yearly physical which included a pap test and blood work. her doctor's office called and informed her that her pap test was fine but concerning the blood work...her white cell count was slightly elevated and her bilirubin was slightly elevated with results being 1.7. she is a stressed out college student and this info. is worrying her greatly! the dr. prescribed a z pack and said she would recheck her bilirubin in a couple of weeks. could the increase in bilirubin be due to taking birth control pills -loestrin- and would the slightly elevated white count and bilirubin be related? thanks
Fri, 9 Jan 2015
Hello, thankyou for the question
Brief...it could be side effect of oral contraceptive pills
Detailed answer...since birth control pills can cause jaundice ( increased billirubin level),liver disease, gall bladder disease , thromboembolic disease .
It could be because of liver infection too any kind of hepatitis (hepatitis A ( water borne)or hep.B or hep..C ( sexulay trasmitted or blood borne).and so elevated white cells and billirubin may be related.
My opinion would be get some blood tests to check antibodies and antigens of hepatitis and stop having birth control pills for a while to rule out the cause after discussing with your doctor.
Regards, Dr.Maheshwari
Brief...it could be side effect of oral contraceptive pills
Detailed answer...since birth control pills can cause jaundice ( increased billirubin level),liver disease, gall bladder disease , thromboembolic disease .
It could be because of liver infection too any kind of hepatitis (hepatitis A ( water borne)or hep.B or hep..C ( sexulay trasmitted or blood borne).and so elevated white cells and billirubin may be related.
My opinion would be get some blood tests to check antibodies and antigens of hepatitis and stop having birth control pills for a while to rule out the cause after discussing with your doctor.
Regards, Dr.Maheshwari
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