carotenaemia
carotenemia

This condition is called hypercarotenemia or just carotenemia.

Probably the worst thing that would result from eating a large number of carrots is an alarming-looking yellowing of the skin called carotenemia.

Possibly caused by carotenemia.

Hyperbilirubinemia is the main differential diagnosis to be considered in evaluating jaundice suspected to be carotenemia.

Excessive consumption of papaya can cause carotenemia, the yellowing of soles and palms, which is otherwise harmless.

Carotenemia or hypercarotenemia is excess carotene, but unlike excess vitamin A, carotene is non-toxic.

However, a very large dose would need to be consumed; papaya contains about 6% of the level of beta carotene found in carrots (the most common cause of carotenemia).

Carotenemia does not cause selective orange discoloration of the sclerae of the eyes, and thus is usually easy to distinguish from the yellowing of the skin caused by bile pigments in states of jaundice.