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Short answer: Yes
Longer answer: Jaundice is a yellow color of the skin and other tissues that results when a chemical called bilirubin is elevated in the blood. The semen will also be yellow when a patient has jaundice.
Jaundice almost always means that there is a problem with the liver. Mononucleosis, commonly called "mono" is caused by the Epstein Barr virus. This virus can cause liver damage which is usually temporary. In most cases, the immune system will defeat the virus, then the liver will recover, and the jaundice will go away. "Most cases" is not every case however, and EBV is certainly not the only, the worst, or even the most common cause of jaundice. I assume your boyfriend has seen a doctor about this problem, but if he has not done so, you need to get him an appointment.
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A sickly yellow color usually of skin?
One cause of yellow color of skin is Jaundice
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 drugs cause jaundice?
Jaundice means yellowing. The skin is yellow. Even the whites of the eyes are yellow. These are both seen in jaundice. This is due to high bilirubin levels from liver diseaseand cancer of the liver. Gall stones can block the gall ducts and also cause this.
What drugs cause yellow skin?
certain antibiotics and if you have jaundice from a failing liver, many things could cause it.
What are the long term effects of Jaundice?
Itching, yellow-tinged skin, if not cured, can cause death.
Is yellow fever also called jaundice?
No, jaundice is one of the complications that some people get with yellow fever. Not everybody who gets yellow fiver gets jaundice.
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.
My son's eyes and urine have turned yellow what is the cause?
Urine is typically yellow. It sounds like jaundice and a doctor should be consulted quickly.
What is the organism which causes Yellow Jaundice called?
u cause jaundice since the microorganisms in ur body spread to another person.
What does it mean if your sclera has went a green and yellow colour?
osteogenesis impefecta and jaundice, can cause a green color in the sclera.
Can allergies cause the eye whites to turn yellow?
Almost always, when your eyes turn yellow, it means you have jaundice, which is damage to the liver and its ability to process bile.
