What is Icteric skin?

Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and whites of the eyes due to high bilirubin levels. Jaundice in adults is typically a sign indicating the presence of underlying diseases involving abnormal heme metabolism, liver dysfunction, or biliary-tract obstruction.

What does Icteric bilirubin mean?

Icterus (or the icterus index) is a measure of the yellow colour of serum. This colour is normally due almost exclusively to the presence of bilirubin, a hemoglobin waste product from the red blood cells.

What causes Icteric?

The most common causes include gallstones and malignancy, such as pancreatic cancer and cholangiocarcinoma. In adults, scleral icterus can also occur due to liver dysfunction. Causes include drug-induced liver disease, parasites (liver fluke), viral hepatitis, and alcoholic and non-alcoholic cirrhosis.

What are the 3 types of jaundice?

Types of jaundice are categorized by where they happen within the liver’s process of taking in and filtering out bilirubin: pre-hepatic: before the liver. hepatic: in the liver. post-hepatic: after the liver.

How do you treat bilirubin?

Treatments to lower the level of bilirubin in your baby’s blood may include:

  1. Enhanced nutrition.
  2. Light therapy (phototherapy).
  3. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg).
  4. Exchange transfusion.

What is another name for icterus?

jaundice
Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis.

What is jaundice of the liver?

Jaundice happens when there’s too much bilirubin, a yellow-orange substance, in your blood. It’s found in your red blood cells. When those cells die, the liver filters it from the bloodstream. But if something’s wrong and your liver can’t keep up, bilirubin builds up and can cause your skin to look yellow.

Which type of bilirubin causes jaundice?

Any bilirubin that manages to become conjugated will be excreted normally, yet it is the unconjugated bilirubin that remains in the blood stream to cause the jaundice.

What are the 4 types of jaundice?

Types of Jaundice

  • Pre-hepatic jaundice.
  • Hepatic jaundice.
  • Post-hepatic jaundice.
  • Neonatal jaundice.