jaundice

Question 1

signs of prehepatic jaundice

Answer 1

• stools and urine normal in colour

- anaemic pallor

Question 2

signs of hepatic jaundice

Answer 2

• dark brown urine
• normal coloured stools

(hyperbilirubinaemia both conjugated and unconjugated)

Question 3

what is Gilbert’s syndrome

Answer 3

common and causes unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia

Question 4

signs of posthepatic/cholestatic jaundice

Answer 4

• pale stools

- pruritus

Question 5

causes of obstructive jaundice

Answer 5

• gallstones
• malignnat obstructive obstruction (if painless)
• cholestasis