Digestive system
jaundice usually indicates liver disease.itz due to excess bilirubin(yellow pigment) in d blood. Aftr bilirubin is formed frm d breakdown of heme pigment in aged RBCs, it is transported to d liver n then excreted into bile.
3 types of jaundice:
Prehepatic jaundice: due to excess production of bilirubin.
Hepatic jaundice: due to congenital liver disease, cirrhosis of liver or hepatitis
Extrahepatic jaundice: due to blockage of bile drainage by gallstones or cancer of d bowel