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what are the elizabethan belief regarding mortifying groans and symptoms of Jaundice in merchant of venice?​

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Jaundice must be distinguished from yellow or green skin color resulting from carotenemia or quinacrine ingestion. Eating large quantities of green and yellow vegetables, tomatoes, or yellow corn may result in excess carotene intake. The resultant yellow skin color is differentiated from jaundice by the absence of yellow color in mucous membranes and sclerae, the normal urine color, and the accentuation of yellow-brown carotenoid pigment in the palms, soles, and nasolabial folds. Quinacrine, commonly used for treatment of giardiasis, may produce a yellow skin color, but the urine remains normal. Serum bilirubin levels are normal in patients with yellow skin caused by carotenemia or quinacrine.