Biomoz

Jaundice is not a disease but rather a sign that can occur in many different diseases. The term icterus is synonymous with jaundice. Yellow staining of the skin and sclerae (the whites of the eyes) by unusually high blood levels of the bile pigment bilirubin. The yellowing extends to other tissues and body fluids. Jaundice was once called the “morbus regius” (the regal disease) in the belief that only the touch of a king could cure it.