What are the salient features of any one type of Jaundice?

What are the salient features of any one type of Jaundice?

Haemolytic jaundice:

This kind of jaundice is due to the increased quan­tity of bilirubin reaching the liver cells. This additional load of bilirubin is due to the destruction of RBCs due to haemolysis. This kind of destruc­tion of RBC’s is generally more common in new born babies and young children as their liver is unable to cope up with the excessive quantity of bilirubin. However jaundice due to haemolysis is usually a mild one.

Or

Obstructive jaundice:

Also known as Cholestatic jaundice, it is caused due to a block in the pathway between conjugation of bile in liver and the entry of bilirubin into the duodenum .The failure of bile flow increases the jaundice progressively because conjugated bilirubin is unable to enter the bile canaliculi and also because there is a failure of clearance of conju­gated bilirubin arriving at the liver cell.

Or

Hepatocellular jaundice:

This kind of jaundice is produced due to dam­age to the liver cells. Liver cell damage may be due to many reasons such as –

a. Infective hepatitis

b. Intake of substances toxic to liver, like carbon tetrachloride, alcohol etc

c. Cirrhosis of liver

d. Deficiency of methionine, cystine and choline

e. Liver cell damage due to long standing biliary obstruction