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Why do the eyes of a person suffering from jaundice appear yellow?

Old red blood cells travel to your liver, where they’re broken down. Bilirubin is the yellow pigment formed by the liver’s breakdown of these old cells. Jaundice occurs when your liver doesn’t break down bilirubin the way it is supposed to.When bilirubin is more the eyes and skin appears yellow in colour.
Bilirubin is formed when hemoglobin (the part of red blood cells that carries oxygen) is broken down as part of the normal process of recycling old or damaged red blood cells. Bilirubin is carried in the bloodstream to the liver, where it binds with bile. Bilirubin is then moved through the bile ducts into the digestive tract, so that it can be eliminated from the body. Most bilirubin is eliminated in stool, but a small amount is eliminated in urine. If bilirubin cannot be moved through the liver and bile ducts quickly enough, it builds up in the blood and is deposited in the skin. The result is jaundice.


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