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When red blood cells die, the heme in their hemoglobin is converted to bilirubin in the spleen. The bilirubin is processed by the liver, enters bile and is eventually excreted through feces. Once hemoglobin is in the red cells of the blood, it circulates for the life span of those cells. The hemoglobin that is released when the cells die is turned into bilirubin. If for any reason , the red blood cells die at a faster rate than usual , bilirubin can get backed up in the blood and cause the disease.
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What do you think people with malaria often have jaundice?
People with Malaria often have Jaundice because the destruction of the red blood cells that Malaria cause's can cause Jaundice.
What type of pollution can cause out break of jaundice?
Polluted water can causes the out brak of Jaundice.
Does ginger cause jaundice in newborn?
the answer is no
Can aspirin cause jaundice?
yes it can
Does jaundice spread if you touch the hand of person having disease?
True jaundice comes from the reddish-yellow bile salt, bilirubin. Unusually high concentrations of this compound in the body cause yellowing, or jaundice. Jaundice is typically diagnostic of liver failure. As such, jaundice itself does not spread by touch. However, if an infectious disease has attacked the liver and thus is the root cause of the jaundice, that infection may be transmissible by touch.
Does hyperbilirubinemia cause cyanosis?
Hyperbilirubinemia causes jaundice.
Can jaundice affect the brain?
Jaundice is an infection of the liver, and if it , the liver was week due to early drinking, it can cause the patient to even die.
What is the cause of pruritis in jaundice?
In jaundice there is depostion of billirubin and bile salts in the skin, the billirubin gives the yellow color and the salts is the reason of pruritis.
Can you get jaundice by kissing?
Jaundice is a descriptive term for yellow skin. Your skin won't turn yellow from kissing someone. If the cause of their jaundice is an infectious diease, you may contract it from kissing. The viral hepatitis infections are not spread by kissing.
What does Cholangitis cause?
It often causes abdominal pain, fever, and jaundice
Is eating raw rice cause jaundice?
no. raw rice has got nothing to do with liver and jaundice is caused when the liver is unable to excrete bilirubin from the system.
What are the long term effects of Jaundice?
Itching, yellow-tinged skin, if not cured, can cause death.
