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Enfermedades relacionadas con ictericia; Coloración amarilla de la piel y los ojos; Piel amarilla; Ojos amarillos
La ictericia puede aparecer repentinamente o desarrollarse de manera lenta con el tiempo. Los síntomas comúnmente abarcan:
Nota: si la esclerótica de los ojos no está amarilla, usted tal vez no tenga ictericia. Su piel puede volverse de un color amarillo anaranjado si usted consume demasiado betacaroteno, el pigmento anaranjado en las zanahorias.
Otros síntomas dependen del trastorno que causa la ictericia:
El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico, el cual puede revelar hinchazón del hígado.
Se hará un examen de bilirrubina en la sangre. Otros exámenes varían pero pueden abarcar:
Lidofsky SD. Jaundice. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 20.
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