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Carotenemia (Yellow Skin from High Carotene Levels)

What is carotenemia? Carotenemia is a condition that arises with high levels of carotene in the body. Carotene can cause a discoloration of the skin when present in large amounts within the body. This discoloration is typically yellow and sometimes even slightly orange in color. Carotenemia is a harmless condition and will >> Read More ...

Bilirubin Levels (High and Low), Blood Test in Adults, Infants

What is Bilirubin? Bilirubin is a byproduct of red blood cell destruction and are conjugated in the liver and excreted in bile. It is the main pigment which is responsible for the color of bile, feces and urine. If the bilirubin in the blood is too high (hyperbilirubinemia), it leads to jaundice or icterus, which is the >> Read More ...

Treatment of Breastfeeding and Breast Milk Jaundice in Infants

Neonatal jaundice is the yellow discoloration of the skin, sclera (“whites” of the eyes), mouth and deeper lying tissues of the body in a newborn baby due to a high level of bilirubin in blood (hyperbilirubinemia). Jaundice can lead to a complication known as kernicterus which is the damage to the brain as a >> Read More ...

Jaundice (Yellow Color) Types, Causes, Newborn Baby Icterus

What is Jaundice? Jaundice is the medical term for yellow discoloration of the skin, sclera (whites of the eye) and deeper tissues like the mucus membrane of the mouth usually as a result of high levels of bilirubin in the blood. The word ‘jaundice’ essentially means yellow color (Latin ~ glabinus, French ~ >> Read More ...

Obstructive Jaundice (Cholestatic Jaundice)

What is Obstructive Jaundice? Obstructive jaundice, or cholestatic jaundice, is the yellowish discoloration of the skin, sclera and deeper tissue as a result of high plasma levels of bilirubin due to obstruction of bile flow In obstructive jaundice, the liver cells absorb free bilirubin and it is conjugated within the >> Read More ...