Hepatogenic jaundice is an acute or chronic dilatation of the blood vessels of the liver, which leads to yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, and then to the entire body. There is also an increase in the level of bilirubin in the blood. The formation of such a pigment is a natural consequence of the breakdown of red blood cells - erythrocytes. In a normal situation, the resulting pigment should leave the body and be excreted in the bile. If according to