When a person is unwell, there is a common expression heard “you look jaundiced!”. It’s to imply the paleness or yellowness that accompanies certain kind of illness. But that is not necessarily Jaundice itself. Jaundice, also called icterus, causes your skin and the whites of your eyes to turn yellow. The condition is caused by too much bilirubin, a yellow chemical in hemoglobin (the substance that carries oxygen in your red blood cells). As red blood cells break down, the body builds new cells to replace them. The old ones are processed by the liver, but if the liver cannot…
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