Jaundice is when your skin and the whites of your eyes turn yellow. It can be a sign of something serious, such as liver disease, so you need to get urgent medical help.

Causes of jaundice

Jaundice is caused by the build-up in your body of a yellow substance called bilirubin.

There are lots of possible reasons for this and some of them are serious.

They include:

• gallstones
• alcoholic liver disease
• pancreatitis
• hepatitis
• sickle cell disease

Treatments for jaundice depend on what's causing it.