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Jaundice is a yellow tinge to the eyes and skin from a build-up of bilirubin, often caused by viral hepatitis. Hepatitis A and E spread through unsafe water and food; B and C through blood and body fluids. Symptoms: Yellow eyes and skin, dark urine, pale stools, tiredness, poor appetite, nausea and pain under the right ribs. See a health worker for jaundice to find the cause; seek urgent care for drowsiness, confusion, vomiting blood, or jaundice in pregnancy (hepatitis E is dangerous in pregnancy). generated by SI from cited sources · general information, not a diagnosis · consult a health professional
Sources: World Health Organization · World Health Organization · World Health Organization · Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division · CDC, USPSTF · CDC, USPSTF · AlifZetta health team summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO
Jaundice is a yellow tinge to the eyes and skin from a build-up of bilirubin, often caused by viral hepatitis. Hepatitis A and E spread through unsafe water and food; B and C through blood and body fluids.
Sources: World Health Organization
Yellow eyes and skin, dark urine, pale stools, tiredness, poor appetite, nausea and pain under the right ribs.
Sources: World Health Organization
Viral hepatitis is the common cause; A and E from contaminated water/food, B and C from infected blood, unsafe injections or mother to baby.
Sources: World Health Organization
Rest, drink safe fluids and eat light meals. Avoid alcohol and any non-essential medicines that strain the liver. Most hepatitis A and E recover with supportive care.
Sources: World Health Organization
See a health worker for jaundice to find the cause; seek urgent care for drowsiness, confusion, vomiting blood, or jaundice in pregnancy (hepatitis E is dangerous in pregnancy).
Sources: World Health Organization
Safe water and food and hand-washing (A, E); hepatitis B vaccine (in Nepal's child schedule), safe injections and blood.
Sources: Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division
Hepatitis A and E outbreaks follow monsoon water contamination; boil or treat drinking water, especially where supply is disrupted.
Sources: Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division
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