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Gallbladder Disease Risk Factors and Care by Duchess Juliane Jose Mirambel is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Rapid weight loss, hyperlipidemia, and female gender are risk factors for gallbladder disease. The risk factors also include age, family history, ethnicity, obesity, diabetes, cirrhosis, and sickle cell disease. Gallstones form due to abnormal bile composition, gallbladder inflammation, biliary stasis, and excess cholesterol. Rapid weight loss contributes to gallstone formation.
- Author
- Duchess Juliane Jose Mirambel
- Language
- EN