What is icteric sclera? Diseases, treatment
What is the icteric sclera? The answer to this question you will find in the article in question. Also you will learn about what diseases this phenomenon is typical for and how it should be properly treated. 
General information
Skin isceration and sclera are a kind of pigmentation of the epidermis and mucous membranes that take on yellow color.
Depending on the causes of this pathological process, the shades of yellow, in which the sclera or skin are stained, can be lemon, pale yellow, and these are mixed with dark green and olive flowers.
At what diseases is observed?
What diseases are characterized by icteric sclera? This unpleasant symptom is manifested under the following conditions:
- Mechanical jaundice, provoked by narrowing of the biliary tract and a decrease in the outflow of bile. As a rule, such a disease arises from the clogging of the mentioned channels with stones. Also, the mechanical limitation of bile flow may be caused by compression of the conductive pathways by neoplasms, tumors, or enlarged lymph nodes. In addition, such jaundice is often provoked by pancreatic cancer.
- Hemolytic icterus caused by excess bile pigments and destruction of red blood cells. Such icteric sclera is not associated with diseases of the liver and liver. Most often, such a violation is observed with malaria, hereditary hemolytic jaundice and pernicious anemia.
- Parenchymal icteric sclera and skin is due not to blockage of gallbladder strokes, but damage to the liver itself. The main causes of such a pathological condition may be acute hepatitis and cirrhosis.
The development of icterus
Why do some people develop icteric sclera? The reasons for this state can be related to the people's belonging to the groups we spoke about above.
According to experts, at the biochemical level this phenomenon is explained by an increase in the concentration of bilirubin in the blood. However, the external manifestations of icterus can be regulated not only by the content of the substance in the plasma, but also by the thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer of the patient. For example, a large thickness of deposits significantly reduces the visual intensity of the disease, and a small, on the contrary, increases.
As it is known, bilirubin enters the bloodstream after its absorption from blocked bile ducts or dysfunction of liver cells. Thus, without entering bile, this substance is absorbed directly into the plasma, resulting in the appearance of icterism.
Many experts believe that such pigmentation does not appear until the moment when bilirubin in the blood does not exceed the norm by half. In other words, the appearance of jaundice indicates a significant progress of the disease.
It should also be noted that there is also such a thing as "false icterity".Such icterus develops not because of the increased content of bilirubin in the blood, but because of the increased concentrations of hinkarin and І-carotene. However, this case is attributed to a completely different group of the disease. 
Clinical manifestations of
How does a pathological condition such as icteric sclera manifest itself? Photos of this anomalous phenomenon you can find in the materials of this article.
External manifestations and symptoms of the icterism of the skin and mucous membranes are very obvious and simple. With the aforementioned diseases, a sclera and epidermis are colored in yellow.
It can not be said that the phenomenon of mechanical jaundice of acute type is characterized as golden pigmentation. By the way, subsequently it acquires a greenish shade. What is the reason for this? This state arises from the oxidation of bilirubin.
If the existing disease is not treated or treated ineffectively, the color of the sclera and skin gradually changes to brown-green or even close to black.
As for hemolytic icterism, on the contrary, it is rather weakly expressed. Most often, this pathology is manifested by the pallor of the skin, which borders on a yellowish tinge.
The process of treatment of icterism
Certainly it is not required to explain that the complex therapy of icterus is closely interrelated with the treatment of diseases that are the causes of the development of skin icterus and sclera. 
It should be specially noted that there are such drugs that are able to artificially reduce the level of bilirubin in the blood plasma, and, as a consequence, eliminate the external symptoms of icterus. But at the same time, it must be remembered that such a peculiar struggle with icterism does not represent a cardinal solution to the problem. The admission of such medications is only a temporary measure.