Why the yellow coloration occurs in the whites of the eye andor skin in a jaundiced patient?
bile which the liver produces and is normally excreted into the intestines is what causes the yellowness is not able to be passed out of the body via its normal route and therfor is carried in the blood and comes out on the skin and is seen in the whites of the eyes..the cause of the jaundice relates to a problem with the persons liver or gallbladder