What are the symptoms of jaundice?

As we all know, jaundice is a symptom that babies are prone to. It is also a symptom that has a wide range of harmful effects. Therefore, we recommend that parents learn some knowledge about jaundice so that once the baby shows symptoms of jaundice, they can help the baby with treatment and care in time. Below we will answer for you what the specific manifestations of jaundice are.

1. Basic symptoms

(1) The skin, sclera and other tissues turn yellow. When jaundice deepens, urine, sputum, tears and sweat will also turn yellow, but saliva generally does not change color.

(2) Changes in urine and feces color.

(3) Gastrointestinal symptoms, often including abdominal distension, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation.

(4) Manifestations of hypercholesterolemia: the main symptoms include: skin itching, bradycardia, abdominal distension, steatorrhea, night blindness, fatigue, mental depression and headache.

2. Associated symptoms

(1) Jaundice with fever is seen in acute cholangitis, liver abscess, leptospirosis, sepsis, and lobar pneumonia. Viral hepatitis or acute hemolysis may first cause fever and then jaundice.

(2) Jaundice with severe upper abdominal pain may be seen in biliary stones, liver abscess or biliary ascariasis; severe pain in the right upper abdomen, chills, high fever and jaundice are Charcot triad, indicating acute suppurative cholangitis. Persistent dull pain or distending pain in the right upper abdomen may be seen in viral hepatitis, liver abscess or primary liver cancer.

(3) Jaundice with hepatomegaly. If the enlargement is mild to moderate, the texture is soft or moderately hard and the surface is smooth, it is seen in acute biliary infection or biliary obstruction caused by viral hepatitis. Obvious enlargement, hard texture, uneven surface and nodules are seen in primary or secondary liver cancer. Hepatomegaly is not obvious, but the texture is hard, the edges are irregular and there are small nodules on the surface, which is seen in cirrhosis.