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Understanding New and Severe Abdominal Pain
The largest and most important structure underneath your right ribs is the liver. The liver has many jobs, and one of them is to clear the yellow pigment "bilirubin" out of your system. If the liver's function or liver's drainage system is not normal, you may accumulate this colorful pigment in your body and skin.
Is your skin or are your eyes becoming abnormally yellow?
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