How long until jaundice becomes noticeable following liver failure?
When the liver cells become damaged, the immune system of the body will respond to this damage and cause inflammation inside the liver. This will cause the liver to enlarge in size. Jaundice is a symptom. It can begin almost immediately if the liver cells are damaged enough that the liver can no longer handle bilirubin efficiently. Bilirubin is a greenish/brownish substance that colors other things, a pigment. The liver normally takes this bilirubin and converts it to a soluble form to become part of the bile. This conversion doesn’t take place very well, now, and the bilirubin (which is normally at certain levels in the blood) will go higher and then a patient may start to see this. However, the liver is very quiet about damage being done to it and in some people, this symptom will not appear even if they do have liver cell damage. Overdosing on a drug, like acetaminophen, can cause immediate damage to the liver cells, even though they have no signs of it. It depends on how much was t
