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What causes yellow eye color or jaundice in sickle cell patients?
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Excess bilirubin: Higher amount of bilirubin produced over a level of normal excretion in sickle cell patients result in staining of sclera in eye and skin.
Answered 9/18/2018
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Yellow: Breakdown products of hemoglobin are yellow...These may be elevated in sickle cell patients and can be measured with a simple blood test...
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