Gallbladder And High Cholesterol
Health Encyclopedia: Gallstones And Gallbladder Disease Highlights
- Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease - Highlights
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Highlights
Risk Factors
- Obesity. Being overweight is a significant risk factor for gallstones. In obese people, the liver over-produces cholesterol, which is delivered into the bile and causes it to become supersaturated. Some evidence suggests that saturated fats and refined sugars are the primary culprits.
- Metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome may be a risk factor for gallstones as well as heart disease. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that include high cholesterol, high blood pres...
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Health Guide
Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Lithotripsy and Dissolution Therapies
...dissolution therapy requires the injection of the organic solvent methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) into the gallbladder to dissolve gallstones. This is a somewhat technically difficult and hazardous... Read more »Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...used as one of the body's primary manufacturing components. Click the icon to see an image of the gallbladder.Once the resins bind to bile in the digestive tract, the bile is excreted in feces.As... Read more »Obesity
...death due to diabetes, stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and kidney and gallbladder disease. Obesity may increase the risk for some types of cancer. It is also a risk... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Prevention
...particular benefit in patients who have high triglyceride levels by improving the emptying actions of the gallbladder.Fiber. High intake of fiber has been associated with a lower risk for... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Reducing Heart Risk Factors
...fibrates in less than 1% of patients. Fibrates have been known to cause gallstones, so people with gallbladder problems should not use these drugs. The drugs may cause abnormal heart rhythms and... Read more »Images
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