Definition of Jaundice-associated conditions:

Jaundice-associated conditions are diseases or conditions that cause yellow skin (jaundice).

Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

Jaundice is a symptom of liver and gallbladder disorders. The skin and the eyes become yellow due to the buildup of bilirubin in the skin.

Jaundice-associated conditions include:

• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Biliary atresia
• Blockage of the bile ducts (by infection, tumor, biliary stricture or gallstones)
• Cirrhosis
• Congenital disorders of bilirubin metabolism
• Drug-induced cholestasis (bile pools in the liver because of the effects of drugs)
• Drug-induced hepatitis
• Dubin-Johnson syndrome
• Gilbert disease
• Hemolytic anemia
• Ischemic hepatitis (jaundice caused by reduced oxygen or blood flow to the liver)
• Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (bile pools in the liver)
• Malaria
• Newborn jaundice
• Pancreatic carcinoma
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, and hepatitis E)