Question

how does jaundice affect our liver??

Answer 1

Jaundice is not a disease, but rather a sign that can occur in many different diseases that affect the liver like hepatitis and liver cancer. The liver usually processes a yellow coloured chemical (bilirubin) as a waste product, but when the liver is damaged, it is unable to do its normal job. The bilirubin then accumulates in the blood and starts to leak out in to nearby tissue.

Jaundice is the yellowish staining of the skin and sclera (the white portion of the eye) that is caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood. When the condition gets worse, there occurs loss of appetite, fever,dark urine, dizziness, enlarged spleen, yellow skin, yellow sclera of eyes, tongue gets yellow, etc.