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Alternative names:

Conditions associated with jaundice

Definition:

Any of several diseases or conditions that can cause yellow skin (jaundice).

Causes and Risks

Jaundice is a symptom where the skin and the eyes become yellow. It is associated with the accumulation of bilirubin in the skin. This is most often caused by liver and gallbladder disorders.

Jaundice-associated conditions include:

• viral hepatitis (Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis D, and Hepatitis E)
• obstruction of the bile ducts (by infection, tumor, biliary stricture or gallstones)
• pancreatic carcinoma (cancer of the pancreas)
• cirrhosis (all causes)
• primary biliary cirrhosis
• autoimmune hepatitis
• drug induced cholestasis (bile pools in the liver because of the effects of drugs)
• drug induced hepatitis (hepatitis triggered by medications)
• ischemic hepatitis (jaundice caused by inadequate oxygen and/or inadequate blood flow to the liver)
• Gilbert's syndrome
• Dubin-Johnson syndrome
• biliary atresia
• newborn jaundice
• congenital disorders of bilirubin metabolism
• intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (bile pools in the liver)
• hemolytic anemia
• malaria

For more information, see the symptom document about jaundice, also see the individual diseases.

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