Question 1

what are the usual surgeries a person with obstructive jaundice should undergo?just the common ones.

Accepted Answer

Surgeries.: It depends upon what's causing the obstructive jaundice.  A person having obstructive jaundice needs to see a gastroenterologist first to find out the cause.  Treatments and surgeries depend upon the causative factor.

Question 2

what leads to obstructive jaundice(distal cbd obstruction) secondary to choledocholithias with cholangitis?

Accepted Answer

Usually a gallstone: Usually a gallstone causing obstruction of the common bile duct can cause sudden painful jaundice, sometimes with associated cholangitis (infection of the bile) This requires drainage and extraction of the stone from the common bile duct with a procedure call ERCP.
Other causes can be tumors causing obstruction, which is more often painless and gradual.

Question 3

why the obstructive jaundice causing bradycardia?

Accepted Answer

Do not know: lncreased levels of serum bilirubin are known to limit the conduction of electrical impulse by the SA nodes of heart which in turn results in bradycardia (i.e. heart rate of up to 50 beats per minute). Exact mechanism by which jaundice leads to development of bradycardia is stilI not 
known even after hundred years of publication.

Question 4

conjugated bilirubin is 0.50 mg/dl, and total bilirubin 0.78 mg/dl, is there any chance of obstructive jaundice? is this normal?

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Normal: All laboratory results need to be interpreted in the clinical context and the doctor who ordered the tests is usually in the best position to do that. Having said that, what you provided is well within normal limits. 
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Question 5

sgpt 950 alkaline phosphatase 298 total bilirubin  5.5 direct bilirubin 4.4 kindly answer cause obstructive jaundice or hepatitis?

Accepted Answer

Liver functions: Both are possible. Need to also exclude alcohol abuse. If you do not drink excessive alcohol the check with your physician (for liver scan, CT etc.)

Question 6

is an obstructive jaundice that is caused by a gallstone in the common bile duct that lasts for 25 days considered a chronic jaundice? my brother took 25 days to get his ercp so the jaundice lasted that many days as well. is it bad for his liver?

Accepted Answer

: No it is not chronic jaundice. The liver has great recuperative power He will be OK

Question 7

i had obstructive jaundice caused by cbd obstruction from gallstone. it took me 25 days for ercp and my jaundice lasted for 25 days (total bilirubin 1.8). the levels came back to normal after ercp but will 25 days of jaundice cause liver cirrhosis?

Accepted Answer

: No. short term problem should not cause it

Question 8

i had an obstructive jaundice caused by a gallstone that was stuck in the common bile duct. so after 25 days the doctor removed the stone using ercp. bile flow is fully restored but will the jaundice cause any serious permanent damage to the liver?

Accepted Answer

: Jaundice is just the visible effect of an abundance of that material in the tissues. It should gradually clear over time with no long term effect on the liver or other tissues where it stored transiently.

Question 9

how long does jaundice usually last?

Accepted Answer

A week to a few mos: Essentially focusing on new born jaundice- it lasts from 1 to 2 weeks in formula fed babies. It peaks at 3 to 4 days in a term baby. In breast babies mild indirect jaundice can persist for a few months, without any harm. I recommend checking a total and direct bilirubin when jaundice persists beyond 2 weeks of age. Very high jaundice is linked to brain damage. Discuss with a physician, to be sure.

Question 10

how long does it take for jaundice to clear?

Accepted Answer

Variable: That depends on the cause of jaundice and how the person's liver is healing.  (Or are you asking about a newborn with jaundice?)

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What are the usual surgeries a person with obstructive jaundice should undergo?just the common ones.

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What leads to obstructive jaundice(distal cbd obstruction) secondary to choledocholithias with cholangitis?

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Why the obstructive jaundice causing bradycardia?

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Conjugated bilirubin is 0.50 mg/dl, and total bilirubin 0.78 mg/dl, is there any chance of obstructive jaundice? is this normal?

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Sgpt 950 alkaline phosphatase 298 total bilirubin 5.5 direct bilirubin 4.4 kindly answer cause obstructive jaundice or hepatitis?

A member asked:

Is an obstructive jaundice that is caused by a gallstone in the common bile duct that lasts for 25 days considered a chronic jaundice? my brother took 25 days to get his ercp so the jaundice lasted that many days as well. is it bad for his liver?

A member asked:

I had obstructive jaundice caused by cbd obstruction from gallstone. it took me 25 days for ercp and my jaundice lasted for 25 days (total bilirubin 1.8). the levels came back to normal after ercp but will 25 days of jaundice cause liver cirrhosis?

A member asked:

I had an obstructive jaundice caused by a gallstone that was stuck in the common bile duct. so after 25 days the doctor removed the stone using ercp. bile flow is fully restored but will the jaundice cause any serious permanent damage to the liver?

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How long does jaundice usually last?

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How long does it take for jaundice to clear?

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