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Symptoms of disease - The yellow colour of the skin

This is a yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, which is especially evident in the eye sclera, the lower surface of the tongue (if the tongue of the lift to the top of the mouth), as well as the palms of the hands. Here yellowness is manifested in the first place. Yellowing of the skin is also accompanied by the darkening of the urine - urine "the color of the beer"; this symptom appears before all.

Yellowing of the skin is often a sign of a high content of bilirubin in the blood. Sometimes the skin is yellow with increased content in the blood of carotene, which is what happens with abuse of carrot or orange diets.

Bilirubin is a pigment blood, which is a product of the decay of hemoglobin. The hemoglobin, that, in turn, iron protein, which performs the transport function for oxygen and carbon dioxide and is contained in the erythrocytes are red blood cells.

There is a false jaundice, when refinishing only skin (not mucous membranes), owing to formation in it of carotenes in the excessive use of carrots, oranges, pumpkin, medicines( akrihina, picric acid).

Types of jaundice:

Depending on the level at which suffers the process of excretion of bilirubin from the body, distinguish 3 types of jaundice:

Hemolytic jaundice occurs when the accelerated decay of hemoglobin, when the bilirubin is formed so much that the liver does not have time to make indirect bilirubin in a straight line. Therefore, in this form of jaundice increased indirect bilirubin.

Hepatic jaundice is caused by a lesion of the liver under the influence of any of the reasons: the viral hepatitis, drug or toxic liver damage, cirrhosis of the liver, alcohol damage, leptospirosis, pseudotuberculosis, etc. While in the blood often increased content of direct bilirubin, which is explained by the non-return return it in the bloodstream due to the inability of the liver cells to its processing.

Holetsatical jaundice. Is the consequence of a breach of the movement of bile from the blockage of bile passages. This may occur when closing the bile ducts or gallbladder stone or a tumour. With cholestatic jaundice also largely increased direct bilirubin, which is connected with excess of its accumulation in the bile ducts and re-absorption in the blood.

Which diseases there is The yellow colour of the skin

Diseases of the liver:

• Acute and chronic hepatitis
• Cirrhosis
• Cysts
• Parasitic defeat
• Gilbert's syndrome

Diseases of bile passages:

• Concrements of the gall bladder and biliary tract

In case of poisoning by drugs, alcohol, poisons, with extensive burns, bleeding.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a The yellow colour of the skin

• Gastroenterologist
• Infectious Disease Specialist
• Hematologist

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