Is Yellow Skin something to be concerned abut ?

Hello everyone ,

I have been active on the Anxiety forum here for some time now and it has helped me alot .

I wasnt sure which sub forum would be best for this question so I hope this is the correct place , if not , then can a Mod move this thread to the proper place . Thanks


My sister who is 18 years old , we are European , and the past few years she has had a yellow colored skin tone , her hands and feet are a yellowish / orange color . Recently we got a new family docotor and he wanted her to do a blood / urine test because of her skin color , he didnt say anything if serious or not .

My sister has this skin tone color for most of her life I would say , and never had any problems , her eyes are perfectly fine , no yellow eyes . And she drinks Alot of carrot / apple / banana juice , would this be the cause ?

She hasnt done the blood / urine test yet because she was busy with school and she told me shes worried abit , I guess the doctor might of scared her when he brought up her skin .

Is this something to be worried about or is it normal ?

The carrots can definately turn skin yellow/orange if you eat enough of them. No doubt the doctor just wants to make sure it isn't anything else. May just be a simple as reducing amount of carrot/juice she consumes. Tell her not to worry and to go and get those tests done, if only to put her mind at rest. My friend turned a lovely orangey hue when she went on some faddy juice diet and was getting through bags of carrots a day. Looked like she had had a really bad fake tan job done on her, soon disappeared when she went back to a normal diet.