Difference between hepatic and post hepatic jaundice?

Hepatic Jaundice is caused by the livers inability to soak up and filter Billirubin from the blood stream. Its is primarily caused by damaged liver cells and can be associated with Cirrhosis, Hepatitis or Cancer. Post Hepatic Jaundice is caused by the livers inability to excrete billirubin into gall bladder via the common biliary duct. The livers inability to excrete billirubin causes it to build up in the liver and result in post hepatic jaundice. Common causes of the inability to excrete through the biliary duct include Gall Stones or a severely inflamed Gall Bladder.