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Ask for an urgent GP appointment or get help from NHS 111 if:
- your skin or the white part of your eyes look yellow
You may also have itchy skin, darker pee and paler poo than usual.
You can call 111 or get help from 111 online .
Symptoms of jaundice
Your skin may look yellow if you have jaundice.
The white part of your eyes may also look yellow.
Yellowing of the skin may be less noticeable if you have brown or black skin, but the white part of your eyes will look yellow.
Causes of jaundice
You may get jaundice if a substance called bilirubin builds up in your body.
There are lots of possible reasons for this and some of them are serious.
They include:
Treatments for jaundice depend on what's causing it.
Jaundice
Jaundice
If you have jaundice, your skin and the white part of your eyes may look yellow. You may also have itchy skin, darker pee and paler poo than usual.
You may get jaundice if a substance called bilirubin builds up in your body. Causes include gallstones, alcohol-related liver disease and hepatitis.
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