Jaundice: The Causes and Cases

Jaundice is a yellow color to the skin and sclera. Usually only visible when bilirubun serum levels above 35 mol / L. Sclera is not colored in yellow skin due to hiperkeratonemia. The three basic causes: hemolytic, hepatocellular, obstructive. It's how to remember: H2O --> Hemolytic, Hepatocellular, Obstructive
Some of diseases that jaundice as the clinical sign are:

• Acute viral hepatitis, because the recovery is slow, or there is persistent intrahepatic cholestasis.
• Bile duct obstruction due to gallstones or carcinoma of the head of the pancreas.
• Jaundice due to drugs
• Multiple secondary deposits in liver carcinoma (clinical jaundice is rare but often increased bilirubin)
• intrahepatic cholestasis
• Mononukleus infectious
• Gilbert syndrome