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Skin & Hair Concerns
Question #22237
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How can I get rid of sallow skin (pale yellowish skin)? - #22237

Ashok

My original skin tone is medium–dark. Since 2024, my body skin has become paleness. But gradually, from December 2024, my skin started turning a light yellow. Even now, it still looks pale and yellowish and sallow skin. Initially, I thought it might be jaundice, but my eyes are a normal colour, and the skin is not a deep yellow—it's more of a light, pale yellow. I noticed another sign: when I exercise, like running or cycling, my skin turns even lighter yellow. This never happened before. Earlier, after exercising, my face, hands, and feet would become red and look healthy. Another sign I noticed was that when I clench my hand for a while, it doesn’t turn red—it stays white with only a little redness. This never happened before. Earlier, when I did any activity at home, my hands and face would become red. I also sometimes feel weak or fatigued. I thought the pale yellow skin was happening due to vitamin D deficiency, but when I take sun exposure, my skin turns a yellow-orange mixed color. I don’t understand what is happening inside my body. I do several blood tests: Complete Blood Count (CBC) with ESR Hemoglobin: 14.6 gm% Total WBC count : 9110 cell/cumm DLC NEUTROPHILS : 73 % LYMPHOCYTES : 18 % MONOCYTES : 02 % EOSINOPHILS : 07 % PCV (PACKED CELL VOLUME) MCV : 76.3 fL MCH : 25.8 pg MCHC : 33.8 g/dl TOTAL RBC COUNT : 5.66 million/ cumm. PLATELET COUNT : 3.07 lakhs/cumm. ESR : 05 mm RDW-CV : 12.7 % -------------------- IRON Profile Test Serum Iron Total : 96 ug/dl TIBC : 347 ug/dl Serum ferritin : 32.6 ng/ml Transferring Saturation: 27.6 ---------------- Folate ( Folic acid) : 22.0 ng/ml -------------- Reticulocytes count : 0.6 % of RBC --------------- Vitamin B12 : 430.0 pg/ml ------------ LIVER FUNCTION TEST (LFT) Bilirubin Total : 0.9 mg/dl D.Bilirubin : 0.3 mg/dl I.D.Bilirubin : 0.6 mg/dl SGPT : 40 U/L SGOT : 44 U/L Alkaline Phosphatase : 68 u/l Total Protein : 7.4 gm/l Globulin : 2.8 gm/l Albumin; serum : 4.6 g/dl A/G Ratio : 1.64 ------------------------ Kidney Function Test (KFT) Creatinine; Serum : 1.1 mg/dl -------------------------- BP : 120/80 ------------ RBS : 91 mg/dl --------------- TSH : 3.14 mIU/L --------------------------- Sir, I want to know if it is possible to give any tips or advice without knowing the exact cause of my pale yellowish skin. Is there anything I can do or eat that might help the pale yellow skin disappear and bring back my normal skin color? Would it be possible to give such advice?

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