Many people with jaundice also have dark urine and light-coloured stool, said MSD Mutual
The health site added: “These changes occur when a blockage or other problem prevents bilirubin from being eliminated in stool, causing more bilirubin to be eliminated in urine.
“Bilirubin is formed when haemoglobin is broken down as part of the normal process of recycling old or damaged red blood cells.
“Bilirubin is carried in the bloodstream to the liver, where it binds with bile.
“If bilirubin cannot be moved through the liver and bile ducts quickly enough, it builds up in the blood and is deposited in the skin. The result is jaundice.”
source: express.co.uk