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Medical Physics AVCE SCIENCE UNIT 15 Jaundice By Ziad Pekacar Introduction 1 Why does jaundice occur? 1 Treatment of jaundice 2 Diagnoses 2 How we shall treat our patient 3 Introduction This is a disease caused by bilirubin, which is excreted as one of the constituents of bile. Bilirubin is normally released into the blood to breakdown worn out red blood cells. The side effect of this disease is that it turns the whites of the eyes yellow and discolours the skin. A brown pigment called bilirubin, which is situated right below the outer layer of the skin, causes the colour of the skin and eyes to turn yellow. Colour changes depending on the concentration of this pigment in the certain area, or the capillaries containing a certain amount. Jaundice disease conditions have been identified as these types: (1) Obstructive (2) hepatocellular (3) haematogenous. In the obstructive type the flow of bile is blocked from the gall bladder. Hepatocellular is when the liver is damaged and...

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