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Jaundice

Also called: Icterus
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Summary

Jaundice causes your skin and the whites of your eyes to turn yellow. Too much bilirubin causes jaundice. Bilirubin is a yellow chemical in hemoglobin, the substance that carries oxygen in your red blood cells. As red blood cells break down, your body builds new cells to replace them. The old ones are processed by the liver. If the liver cannot handle the blood cells as they break down, bilirubin builds up in the body and your skin may look yellow.

Many healthy babies have some jaundice during the first week of life. It usually goes away. However, jaundice can happen at any age and may be a sign of a problem. Jaundice can happen for many reasons, such as:

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Start Here

  • Recognizing Jaundice: Signs That Your Liver Isn't Delivering From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health) Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

  • Bilirubin Blood Test From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Liver Function Tests From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Treatments and Therapies

  • Exchange transfusion - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

Related Issues

  • What Makes Urine Yellow? The Answer Lies in Your Gut From the National Institutes of Health Also in Spanish

Specifics

  • Gilbert Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Genetics

  • Crigler-Najjar syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)
  • Dubin-Johnson syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)

Clinical Trials

  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Hyperbilirubinemia From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)
  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Jaundice From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

  • Article: Hyperbilirubinemia does not impair induced liver hypertrophy after portal vein Embolization-a...
  • Article: Safety and efficacy of PD-1 inhibitors plus tyrosine kinase inhibitors combination...
  • Article: Hyperbilirubinemia at hospitalization predicts nosocomial infection in decompensated cirrhosis: Data from...
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  • American Liver Foundation
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases From the National Institutes of Health

Children

  • Jaundice and Breastfeeding (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Jaundice in Newborns (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Adults

  • new Jaundice in Adults (Merck & Co., Inc.)

Patient Handouts

  • Bilirubin - urine (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Bilirubin blood test (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Jaundice (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Jaundice causes (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Newborn jaundice (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Newborn jaundice - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

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  • ALP isoenzyme test
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  • Newborn jaundice - what to ask your doctor
  • Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram
  • Transient familial hyperbilirubinemia

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The primary NIH organization for research on Jaundice is the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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