What disease causes an elderly person to turn yellow all over his body?

The physical health of the elderly is very important, because it is the basis for whether the elderly can enjoy their old age. If the elderly have physical problems, their later years will be painful. For example, many elderly people have symptoms of yellowing all over the body and fatigue. Let’s take a look at what disease the yellowing of the elderly’s body causes? I hope everyone can understand.

Yellowing of the skin and sclera is called jaundice. Jaundice is divided into obstructive, hemolytic and hepatocellular. Obstructive jaundice includes gallstones, cholecystitis, pancreas, gallbladder and bile duct masses, and liver causes such as hepatitis. If it is obstructive, the blockage must be removed. Otherwise it will not heal. Surgery is required to remove the blockage. Without surgery it will not heal. It is recommended to find the cause and perform surgical treatment as soon as possible.

If an elderly person's entire body turns yellow, he or she should first go to the hospital for examination to determine the specific cause of the disease so that symptomatic treatment can be given. Now that the upper body has turned yellow, it means that the disease has been developing for a long time, and the effect of conservative treatment will be poor. If an elderly person turns yellow all over, it is mostly due to jaundice or severe anemia. It is best to actively check whether it is caused by jaundice or anemia. Liver function and blood tests can be done to distinguish them. These two tests can guide the next step of the examination. If the liver function is abnormal, it is best to further check the liver and gallbladder. It is mostly due to liver and gallbladder diseases. If the liver function is normal, it is mostly due to severe anemia.

The yellowing of the elderly's body is mainly caused by liver cell damage or bile duct obstruction, which causes the bilirubin concentration in the blood to exceed the normal range and penetrate into tissues and mucous membranes. This is medically called "jaundice." This complexion is mainly seen in patients with acute icteric hepatitis, acute cholecystitis, gallstones, cirrhosis, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, etc. In addition, hookworm patients may also have a yellow complexion due to long-term chronic blood loss.

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