Jaundice is a symptom of liver and gallbladder disorders. The skin and the eyes become yellow due to the buildup of bilirubin in the skin. Jaundice-associated conditions include: Autoimmune hepatitis ; Biliary atresia ; Blockage of the bile ducts (by infection, tumor , biliary stricture or gallstones ); Cirrhosis; Congenital disorders of bilirubin metabolism; Drug-induced cholestasis ( bile pools in the liver because of the effects of drugs); Drug-induced hepatitis; Dubin-Johnson syndrome ; Gilbert disease ; Hemolytic anemia ; Ischemic hepatitis (jaundice caused by reduced oxygen or blood flow to the liver); Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (bile pools in the liver); Malaria ; Newborn jaundice ; Pancreatic carcinoma ; Primary biliary cirrhosis ; Viral hepatitis ( hepatitis A , hepatitis B , hepatitis C , hepatitis D , and hepatitis E).
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