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Q: Jaundice can be caused by an excess of the pigment called what?
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How connection the jaundice with bilary and anamia?

what i understand the jaundice is increase of excess f bile pigment but how can be connection with anemia or will not connection


What are diseases caused by excess of water?

cholera.....jaundice


High levels of billirubin in the blood stream can result in?

jaundice the normal serum bilirubin level is 0.5 to 1.5mg%. jaundice occurs when the bilirubin level exceeds 2mg%. the increased blood level of bilirubin is called hyperbilirubinemia. excess bilirubin from blood diffuses into the tissues, skin and mucous membrane, colouring them yellow. this condition caused by overflow of bilirubin is called jaundice.


What is prehepatic Jaundice and posthepatic jaundice?

Jaundice is a condition where the skin turns yellow because of excess bilirubin in the bloodstream. It happens when your liver is not functioning properly, which can be due to a number of factors. Hepatitis is a virus which can cause liver disease, and thus cause Jaundice.


What organ system does the jaundice effect?

This question doesn't make sense? Jaundice affects the skin and the sclera (white part) of the eyes. Body system? Jaundice is caused by an excess of billirubin in the blood, due to the liver or an obstruction in the billiary tract.


Why antihistamine is used in treatment of jaundice?

To temporairly relieve symptoms of itching due to excess bilirubin in the blood.


What happen from a excess of carbohydrates?

diseases that caused by the excess of carbohydrate


What is jaundice in premature infants or prematurity?

Yellow discoloration of skin and whites of the eyes that results from excess bilirubin in the body's system.


What about the newborn pre-disposes them to jaundice?

Jaundice is a condition caused by an excess of biliriuben in the blood, which is a normal by-product of red blood cell breakdown. Biliriuben is normally filtered out by the liver, but a newborn's liver is usually not developed enough to handle the excess turnover of red blood cells in a newborn's blood. Most newborns experience this, and most handle it just fine over a few days. Light treatments may be used to help modify the biliriuben to make it easier for the infant liver to filter.


Is SLE caused due to excess protein in the urine?

Typically excess protein is caused by lupus' effect on the kidneys; excess urine protein doesn't cause lupus.


Why do alcoholics get yellow skin?

Because excess alcohol use damages the liver. And jaundice(turning yellow) is a common sign of liver damage.


What feces contains excess water?

When feces contain too much water, that is called diarrhea. Sometimes that can be caused by ingesting certain chemicals, while at other times, that can be caused by microbes and sickness.