Jaundice-associated conditions

Alternative names:

conditions associated with jaundice

Definition:

Any of several diseases or conditions that can cause yellow skin (jaundice).

Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

Jaundice is a symptom where the skin (and sometimes, the eyes) become yellow. It is associated with the accumulation of bilirubin in the skin. This is most often caused by liver and gallbladder disorders.

Jaundice-associated conditions include:

• drug induced cholestasis (bile pools in the gallbladder because of the effects of drugs)
• drug induced hepatitis (hepatitis triggered by medications)
• pancreatic carcinoma (cancer of the pancreas)
• primary biliary cirrhosis
• biliary atresia
• ischemic hepatocellular jaundice (jaundice caused by inadequate oxygen and/or inadequate blood flow to the liver)
• Gilbert's syndrome
• Dubin-Johnson syndrome
• intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (bile pools in the gallbladder because of the pressure in the abdomen with pregnancy)
• biliary stricture
• newborn jaundice
• hemolytic anemia
• congenital disorders of bilirubin metabolism
• viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, and hepatitis E)
• chronic active hepatitis
• autoimmune hepatitis
• obstruction of the bile ducts (by infection, tumor or gallstones)
• malaria

For more information, see the symptom document about jaundice, also see the individual diseases.