A guy my friend works with doesn't eat at all, & he's pale & yellow/jaundice-looking & very skinny & vomits everything he eats. You can see his skeleton & his lips are a bluish-purplish color & he's always weak & fainting. He makes an excuse not to eat food, like he doesn't eat carbs, salt, sugar, fat, or nothing. He'll only eat fresh, green veggies & lean beef or turkey. He doesn't eat breakfast but lately he hasn't been eating anything. He went to the hospital & they diagnosed him with anorexia nervosa & some other illness. My friends & I want to know if yellow/jaundice is a symptom of anorexia or another illness.
2007-11-11 15:23:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Usually jaundice is from a liver condition. It sounds to me as if the guy has something more serious than anorexia (not that anorexia is not serious). It is possible that anorexia has damaged his health so much that his organs are failing.
I really wonder if he has another condition that makes him too sick to eat and people think he is refusing to eat. Anorexia is so rare in men but, of course, everything is possible.
2007-11-11 15:59:40 · answer #1 · answered by Patti C 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If he's a yellowish color, that usually indicates a problem with the liver. Could be diseased or possibly a hepatitis?
2007-11-11 15:33:34 · answer #2 · answered by LithoMan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
jaundice usually means the liver is failing.
2007-11-11 15:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Liver failure...he's probably been an anorexic for some time now. I worked with a guy like that...it was frustrating to watch someone do that to themselves.
2007-11-11 15:34:53 · answer #4 · answered by Lizza 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋