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[|Human|] I live with my sister who is 59 and mentally handicapped. She has lived alone for a longtime and will not go to a doctor. I m noticing she has an occasional hacking cough and her skin looks yellow. Her eating habits are terrible but she will only eat what she feels like eating. She s about 4 10 and maybe 90lbs. Got any ideas? I can t force her to go to either a doctor or a dentist.
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your situation and problem. Yellow discoloration of skin can be due to jaundice.  It is because of high bilirubin (pigment), which accumulate in skin and gives yellow tinge to it. Bilirubin is raised mostly in liver diseases. So get done liver function test to rule out jaundice. Hacking cough can be due to lung infection, so chest x-ray is needed to rule out this. So for diagnosis ABD treatment you have to take her to the doctor.