Can A Person With Diabetes Clean Their Gallbladder?
- Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease - Risk Factors
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Prognosis and Complications
- Prevention
- Diagnosis
Risk Factors
More than 25 million Americans have gallstones, and a million are diagnosed each year. However, only 1 - 3% of the population complains of symptoms during the course of a year, and fewer than half of these people have symptoms that return.
Risk Factors in Women
Women are much more likely than men to develop gallstones. Gallstones occur in nearly 25% of women in the U.S. by age 60, and as many as 50% by age 75. In most cases, they have no symptoms. In general, women are probably at...
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