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What Does It Mean When An Individual Turns Yellow?

my dad is in hospice care and everything is shutting down. Today I noticed it s hard for him to hardly hold his head, my concern however is this... He has turned yellow and very fast. Is this it and should we be prepared more so now then we have been?
Fri, 7 Mar 2014
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he probably has jaundice indicating his liver which is an organ in the body is not working very well
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What Does It Mean When An Individual Turns Yellow?

he probably has jaundice indicating his liver which is an organ in the body is not working very well