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Carotenosis is a benign and reversible medical condition where an excess of dietary carotenoids results in orange discoloration of the outermost skin layer. The discoloration is most easily observed in light-skinned people and may be mistaken for jaundice .
Classification and diagnosis of the underlying disease of hyperbilirubinemia are crucial for prescription of treatment. [6] Physical examination reviews clinical symptoms like degree of jaundice, vital signs and sensations of pain, further followed by urine tests, blood analysis and imaging.
Treatment of the condition is specific to the cause of hemolysis, but intense phototherapy and exchange transfusion can be used to help the patient excrete accumulated bilirubin. [11] Complications related to hemolytic jaundice include hyperbilirubinemia and chronic bilirubin encephalopathy, which may be deadly without proper treatment. [12] [13]
Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and sclera due to high bilirubin levels. [3] [6] Jaundice in adults is typically a sign indicating the presence of underlying diseases involving abnormal heme metabolism, liver dysfunction, or biliary-tract obstruction. [7]
Treatment of acute episodes may include medications for infection, stopping the offending medication, or blood transfusions. [3] Jaundice in newborns may be treated with bili lights. [2] It is recommended that people be tested for G6PDD before certain medications, such as primaquine, are taken. [2] About 400 million people have the condition ...
Bacterial pneumonia infections commonly follow the flu, especially for older adults. Doctors think they’re seeing more of these cases this year simply because the season is so busy. Still, they ...
Rotor syndrome is a benign disease requiring no treatment. [2] Jaundice is a lifelong finding, but the disease is not associated with morbidity or mortality, and life expectancy is not affected. [2] Most individuals with Rotor syndrome are born to consanguineous couples and its diagnosis may coincidently identify consanguinity. [2]
Researchers compared how three antioxidants affected gray hair outcomes in mice: hesperetin, diosmetin, and luteolin, and found that one helped mitigate hair graying.