1. Jaundice
Dr. Ahmed Kensarah

3. Contents
Introduction
Symptoms
Causes
Treatments

4. Introduction
Condition where blockage of the flow of bile from the liver causes overspill of bile products into the blood and incomplete bile excretion from the body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Obstructive Jaundice is available below.

5. What are the causes of Jaundice?
Some of the possible causes of Obstructive Jaundice include:
Gallstones - most common cause
Pancreatic cancer
Hepatitis
Drugs/medications
Interstitial liver diseases

6. What are the symptoms of Obstructive Jaundice ?
Some of the symptoms of Obstructive Jaundice include:
Dark coloured urine
Pale stools
Yellow colouration of skin and eyes
Itchy skin
Fever

7. What treatments are available for Obstructive Jaundice ?
Surgical removal of obstruction - generally keyhole (laparascopic) surgery or ERCP
Cease drugs suspected to be causing liver inflammation - e.g. steroids, sulfonylureas
Antibiotics
Liver transplantation