What is the reason for high direct bilirubin in the human body?

The human body may have high or low bilirubin levels due to many reasons. Once the bilirubin level is high, it means that there is a problem with the liver. Therefore, high bilirubin levels must be treated and examined. First, the cause must be identified. Usually, patients will have hepatocellular jaundice, receptive jaundice, and hemolytic disease, which can cause multiple damages to cells and indirectly cause the harm of high bilirubin levels.

1. Causes of high bilirubin in the human body

Hepatocellular jaundice. When liver cells become diseased, or bilirubin cannot be converted into bile normally, or when liver cells swell, the bile ducts in the liver will be compressed, resulting in obstruction of bile excretion, thereby increasing bilirubin in the blood.

Hemolytic jaundice. Due to some hemolytic diseases, excessive destruction of red blood cells can lead to an increase in indirect bilirubin in the blood.

2. The harm of high indirect bilirubin

1. High indirect bilirubin indicates that the liver's compensatory ability is low or there is a problem with the liver.

2. Excessive destruction of red blood cells.

3. Indirect bilirubin can pass through the cell membrane, is toxic to cells, and cannot be excreted from the body through the kidneys.

3. What to do if bilirubin is high

The metabolism of bilirubin requires the participation of organs such as the liver and bile duct, but if there is a problem with the liver or bile duct, it will lead to high bilirubin. Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, alcoholic liver disease, cirrhosis, cholecystitis and other liver and gallbladder diseases are the most common causes of high bilirubin. When high bilirubin occurs, how should it be treated?

In order to treat the problem of high bilirubin, we must first determine the cause of the high bilirubin so that we can prescribe the right medicine and find the correct treatment method. However, because there are many reasons for high bilirubin, patients cannot take medication blindly, otherwise it will easily increase the burden on the liver, thereby aggravating the patient's condition and being unfavorable to the prognosis.

Therefore, patients with high bilirubin should go to the hospital for further examination and develop a medication plan based on their own conditions. If a hepatitis B patient has high bilirubin, it is necessary to check liver function, HBVDNA, etc., and then carry out antiviral treatment or liver protection and jaundice reduction treatment based on the test results. Liver protection drugs such as Yinzhihuang Granules can be taken.

Of course, you also need to pay attention to your daily habits:

1. It is advisable to eat more seafood, mushrooms, sesame, walnuts, dates, lean meat and animal liver.

2. The diet should be light, and eat more bean products, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc., which contain large amounts of vitamins A, B, C, E, have good antioxidant properties, and are easily digestible and absorbed.

3. It is advisable to rest in bed for 1-2 hours after a meal to ensure that the liver gets adequate blood supply, which is beneficial to the repair and regeneration of liver cells and helps restore liver function.

4. What is high total bilirubin?

Most of the bilirubin in the body comes from hemoglobin released by the lysis of aging red blood cells, including indirect bilirubin and direct bilirubin. Indirect bilirubin is transported to the liver through the blood and converted into direct bilirubin through the action of liver cells. Increased bilirubin is seen in:

(1) Liver diseases: acute icteric hepatitis, acute yellow liver necrosis, chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis, etc.

(2) Extrahepatic diseases: hemolytic jaundice, blood transfusion reaction due to blood type incompatibility, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, etc.; According to the test results you provided, the total bilirubin and direct bilirubin are high. What is high total bilirubin? It is a problem with the gallbladder. It is not seriously high. It is not a big problem if other indicators are normal. You can refer to Chinese medicine for conditioning and treatment. The roughness of the gallbladder wall but no obvious thickening of the gallbladder wall indicates mild gallbladder inflammation but not very serious. You can rest assured. Pay more attention to your diet and eat less spicy and greasy food, eat more light food. In terms of Chinese medicine, you can take some liver-soothing and gallbladder-promoting drugs, such as chicken bone grass capsules or liver-soothing and gallbladder-promoting tablets!

5. TCM Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment of High Bilirubin

33g of Artemisia capillaris (taken 15 minutes later), 31g of Polygonum multiflorum, 26g of Pueraria root, 21g of White Peony Root, 19g of Curcuma Radix, 20g of Blood Caulis, 20g of Imperatae Rhizoma, 18g of Corydalis, 18g of Rehmannia root, 15g of Aucklandia root, 13g of Pheretima, 17g of Pseudostigma, soak for 2 hours, decoct and take once a day, divided into 3 times, 300-500ml each time, add 120mg of Vitamin B and 300mg of Vitamin C orally. 12 doses can reduce bilirubin and normalize liver function. However, if hepatitis B virus is to be used continuously for more than six months, 18 dates, 28 grams of Cassia seed, 32 grams of crushed Astragalus, and 21 grams of Poria should be added.