Jaundice is yellow discoloration sclera, mucosa and skin due to increase in bilirubin (visibile >350micromol)
Causes:
- prehapatic: heamolytic aneamia
- hepatic : hepatitis, hepatocellular, alcoholic hepatitis, cirrrosis, met liver,
- post hepatic: acute cholangitis, ca of head pancrease
- drug: anti-TB, statin, sodium valporate, anti-malaria, pcm Overdose.
in history : must ask about IVDu, blood tranfusion, sexual activity, fam hx,
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