Jaundice
Overview
Jaundice is when your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow. It can be a sign of something serious, such as liver disease, so you need to get urgent medical help.
Causes
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: alcohol-related liver diseasegallstoneshepatitispancreatitissickle cell disease Treatments for jaundice depend on what's causing it.