Hich type of jaundice is the result of increased destruction of red blood cells?

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Carlos Hopkins

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4 December, 12:43

Hich type of jaundice is the result of increased destruction of red blood cells?

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Hemolytic jaundice occurs when red blood cells are rapidly broken down (hemolytic anemia) resulting in a flood of bilirubin in the blood stream. While destruction of old red blood cells are a normal process, in hemolytic jaundice, the RBC’s are prematurely destroyed.