What Causes Jaundice In Adults

Jaundice can be referred to as a life-threatening health issue, which generally happens in summers. There are so many people who died from jaundice. Because it weakens the body, the immune system, and the liver. If it spreads to the organ then the condition turns to a critical situation. In this blog, we are going to more aware of jaundice and what causes jaundice in adults and how to take care of yourself.

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Define Jaundice?

Jaundice is a situation in which the skin, sclera and mucous membranes turn yellow. Your eyes, your body color turns into yellow, you look weak as you get the high fever also. It happens when the mucous membranes, and the whites of the eyes caused by increased amounts of bilirubin in the blood. Jaundice is also a danger sign of an underlying disease process.


What Causes Jaundice in Adults?


Here is the definition that what causes jaundice in adults:


Jaundice can be caused by a problem in any of the three phases in bilirubin production. Before the production of bilirubin, you may have what is called unconjugated jaundice due to increased levels of bilirubin caused by:

  • Reabsorption of a large hematoma (a collection of clotted or partially clotted blood under the skin)
  • Hemolytic anemias (blood cells are destroyed and removed from the bloodstream before their normallifespan is over)


During the production of bilirubin, jaundice can be caused by:

Viruses, including Hepatitis A, chronic Hepatitis B and C, and Epstein-Barr virus infection (infectious mononucleosis)

  1. Alcohol
  2. Autoimmune disorders
  3. Rare genetic metabolic defects
  4. Medicines, including acetaminophen toxicity, penicillins, oral contraceptives, chlorpromazine, and estrogenic or anabolic steroids


After bilirubin is produced, jaundice may be caused by an obstruction (blockage) of the bile ducts from:

  • Gallstones
  • Inflammation (swelling) of the gallbladder
  • Gallbladder cancer
  • Pancreatic tumor


What are the Symptoms of Jaundice?

Jaundice has very strong symptoms the main one is yellow eyes and yellow skin. Which immediately
shows that the person is suffering from jaundice. But in some cases, the symptoms may not occur
instantly it's rare, most of the cases the person starts experiencing symptoms within a week.


Here are the symptoms of  jaundice include: 


  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Abdominal pain
  • Flu-like symptoms
  • Change in skin colour
  • Dark-coloured urine and/or clay-coloured stool
  • Weight loss
  • Sometimes jaundice begins with liver disease if you have:
  • Chronic hepatitis or inflammation of the liver
  • Pyoderma gangrenosum (a type of skin disease)
  • Acute hepatitis A, B or C
  • Polyarthralgias (inflammation of the joints)


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