Jaundice

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Jaundice
Dr. Ahmed Kensarah
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Contents

• Introduction
• Symptoms
• Causes
• Treatments

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Introduction
Condition where blockage of the flow of bile from
the liver causes overspill of bile products into
the blood and incomplete bile excretion from the
body. More detailed information about the
symptoms, causes, and treatments of Obstructive
Jaundice is available below.
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What are the causes of Jaundice?

• Some of the possible causes of Obstructive
  Jaundice include
• Gallstones - most common cause
• Pancreatic cancer
• Hepatitis
• Drugs/medications
• Interstitial liver diseases

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What are the symptoms of Obstructive Jaundice ?
Some of the symptoms of Obstructive Jaundice
include Dark coloured urine Pale stools
Yellow colouration of skin and eyes Itchy skin
Fever
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What treatments are available for Obstructive
Jaundice ?
Surgical removal of obstruction - generally
keyhole (laparascopic) surgery or ERCP Cease
drugs suspected to be causing liver inflammation
- e.g. steroids, sulfonylureas Antibiotics
Liver transplantation