Causes of jaundice. Jaundice is caused by a build-up of a substance called bilirubin in the blood and tissues of the body. Any condition that disrupts the movement of bilirubin from the blood to the liver and out of the body can cause jaundice. Bilirubin Bilirubin is a waste product created when red blood cells break down.
Terry Rouse of Kansas City, Mo., is building a tiny house in downtown Kansas City Thursday afternoon, June 4, 2015. T. Rob Brown T. Rob Brown/Special to the Star. Jason Hatton, with Second Life Studios, works on a window on Thursday, June 4, 2015, for a tiny house at Cherry Street and 27th Terrance in Kansas City.
In this Jan. 16, 2014 photo Betty Ybarra, 48, stands outside a tiny houses she and her boyfriend live in, in Madison, Wis. It is the first house built by OM Build, which wants to build nine houses in Madison for the homeless.(AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger) | ASSOCIATED PRESS.e is in line to get one of the nine houses planned to be built by the group to help those without permanent homes. This Jan. 16, 2014 photo shows the inside of a tiny house that was built by OM Build in Madison, Wis. They want to built nine altogether and allow the homeless to live in them.