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Ictericia - Symptom

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Enfermedades relacionadas con ictericia; Coloración amarilla de la piel y los ojos; Piel amarilla; Ojos amarillos

Síntomas:

La ictericia puede aparecer repentinamente o desarrollarse de manera lenta con el tiempo. Los síntomas comúnmente abarcan:

  • Coloración amarilla de la piel y la parte blanca de los ojos (esclerótica); cuando la ictericia es más grave, estas áreas pueden lucir de color marrón.
  • Coloración amarilla dentro de la boca.
  • Orina oscura o de color marrón.
  • Heces pálidas o de color arcilla.

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:

  • Los cánceres pueden no producir ningún síntoma o puede haber fatiga, pérdida de peso u otros síntomas.
  • La hepatitis puede producir náuseas, vómitos, fatiga u otros síntomas.

Pruebas y exámenes:

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:

  • Reviewed last on: 4/17/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

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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