Why is an individual who regularly consumes alcohol more likely to suffer from hepatic jaundice?
A) In such individuals, passage of blood through the liver is limited, and this causes the liver to lose its functional abilities.
B) Such individuals have an excess of liver flukes in their livers that obstruct bile excretion and contribute to bilirubin build-up in the body.
C) In such individuals, the liver loses its ability to prevent bilirubin conjugation with glucuronic acid.
D) Necrosis of the liver cells in such individuals reduces the liver's ability to metabolize and excrete bilirubin.
E) In the livers of such individuals, conversion of alcohol to acetaldehyde increases the production of high-density cholesterol that inhibits the synthesis of bile salts.
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