What is Gallstones?
What is Gallstones?
- Gallstones: Stone-like deposits in the gall bladder.
- Gallstones: Presence or formation of GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, usually in the gallbladder (CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS) or the common bile duct (CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS).
Source - Diseases Database
Gallstones: Introduction
Types of Gallstones:
Types of Gallstones:
- Silent gallstones - unknown gallstones without symptoms
- Symptomatic gallstones - causing symptoms
- Cholesterol stones - about 80% of cases
- Pigment stones
- Mixed stones
- more types...»
Broader types of Gallstones:
How many people get Gallstones?
Prevalance of Gallstones: 16 to 22 million people in the USA 1976-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, NIDDK, 1994)
Prevalance Rate of Gallstones: approx 1 in 17 or 5.88% or 16 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Gallstones:
Symptomatic gallstones result in 600,000 hospitalizations
and more than 500,000 operations each year in the United States.
(Source: excerpt from Dieting and Gallstones: NIDDK)
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Prevalence: 16 to 22 million people (1976-87) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Who gets Gallstones?
Patient Profile for Gallstones: More common in middle age and in seniors
Profile for Gallstones:
Gallstones are common among women, Native Americans,
Mexican-Americans, and people who are overweight.
(Source: excerpt from Gallstones: NIDDK)
Gender Profile for Gallstones: women 2:1 men
Racial Information for Gallstones: Native Americans have the highest prevalence of
gallstones in the United States. Among the Pima Indians of Arizona, 70%
of women have gallstones by age 30. (Source: excerpt from Native American Women's Health: NWHIC)
How serious is Gallstones?
Complications of Gallstones:
see complications of Gallstones
Deaths for Gallstones: 2,975 people in the USA 1975 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, NIDDK, 1994)
What causes Gallstones?
Causes of Gallstones: see causes of Gallstones
Risk factors for Gallstones:
see
risk factors for Gallstones
What are the symptoms of Gallstones?
Symptoms of Gallstones:
see symptoms of Gallstones
Complications of Gallstones:
see complications of Gallstones
Can anyone else get Gallstones?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Gallstones
Gallstones: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Gallstones.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Gallstones.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Gallstones:
see treatments for Gallstones
Prevention of Gallstones:
see prevention of Gallstones
Research for Gallstones:
see research for Gallstones
Society issues for Gallstones
Hospitalizations for Gallstones: 800,000 people in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Hospitalizations for Gallstones: Hospitalizations: 800,000 (1987) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Physician office visits for Gallstones: 600,000 to 700,000 people in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Physician office visits for Gallstones: Physician office visits: 600,000 to 700,000
(1985) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Prescriptions for Gallstones: 195,000 people in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Prescriptions for Gallstones: Prescriptions: 195,000 (1985) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Disability from Gallstones: 48,000 people in the USA 1983-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Disability from Gallstones: Disability: 48,000 people (1983-87)
(Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Medical Procedures for Gallstones: 500,000 cholecystectomies in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Medical Procedures for Gallstones: Surgical procedures: 500,000 cholecystectomies
(1987) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Organs Affected by Gallstones:
Organs and body systems related to Gallstones include:
Name and Aliases of Gallstones
Main name of condition: Gallstones
Other names or spellings for Gallstones:
Gallstone attack
Gallbladder calculus, Cholelithiasis, Biliary colic
Source - Diseases Database
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