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Digestive & GastrointestinalMild
Gallstones
Gastroenterology · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Mild
Severity
Common — affects a significant proportion of adults, more frequently women, though many cases remain asymptomatic
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Gastroenterology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by an imbalance in the substances that make up bile
- 2most often excess cholesterol that crystallises into stones
- 3or excess bilirubin in conditions involving increased red blood cell breakdown. Risk factors include female sex
- 4obesity
- 5rapid weight loss
- 6pregnancy
- 7a diet high in fat and low in fibre
- 8and family history of gallstones. Certain conditions such as diabetes and liver disease
- 9as well as prolonged fasting
- 10can also increase the likelihood of stone formation.
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