The normal value of total bilirubin is 1.71-17.1 umol/L, depending on the reagent.
Jaundice mainly refers to elevated bilirubin, total bilirubin includes the sum of direct bilirubin and indirect bilirubin, if it exceeds the normal range, it indicates the presence of jaundice, and more than twice as much is overt jaundice.
You can check the liver function to know whether there is jaundice, but also need to combine with the patient’s clinical symptoms, if there is yellow eyes, yellow urine, skin yellow staining and other manifestations, indicating that there may be liver disease, but also may be hemolytic jaundice, obstructive jaundice caused by the need to identify.
If it is mild jaundice, you can drink more water to promote metabolism, if it is more obvious liver function abnormality, you need to identify the specific cause, under the guidance of the doctor for the cause of the treatment.