This is one of the symptoms that happen when bile salts build up in the blood. When cancer blocks the common bile duct, the bile doesn't drain into the bowels as it would normally do. When this happens, the bile salts will start to build up in your body tissues and your blood. Again, more than half of the people diagnosed with this type of cancer have jaundice. When this happens, your skin and the whites of your eyes will begin to look yellow, and your skin may start to itch. Not only that, your urine may become darker and your stool much paler than usual.

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