Symptoms
The most prominent symptoms is the discoloration of the skin. In the severe obstructive jaundice the stools are white, the urine dark brown and bile-stained and the liver and spleen often enlarged. There may be severe convulsions. In the more common and less exaggerated cases the foregoing symptoms are present but in a milder form. There is typical jaundiced discoloration which in some cases will appear soon after birth. This will continue for a few days and may become quite marked. The stools will be colorless, while the urine will be highly colored.