Jaundice: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Homoeopathic Treatment of Jaundice What is Jaundice? The word jaundice is derived from the French word “ jaundice ”, which means "yellow disease". Jaundice, also known as icterus (' Kamla rog' or 'Peeliya' in Hindi), is a term used to describe a yellowish pigmentation of the skin and whites of the eyes (sclera) which is caused by an excess of bilirubin in the blood (hyperbilirubinemia). The feces may be pale and the urine dark. The color of the skin and sclera varies depending on levels of bilirubin; mildly elevated levels display yellow skin and sclera, while highly elevated levels display brown. Jaundice itself isn't a sickness, but instead an indication of one of the numerous underlying pathological processes that happen eventually along the ordinary physiological pathway of the metabolism of bilirubin in the blood. What is Bilirubin :- It is a yellow-colored substance and a waste prod...
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