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Help can cholecystitis be due to genetics?
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Yes: Anyone can get cholecystitis. The traditional teaching about who is at higher risk is the 5 'F''s. Fertile (many post partum women) Fat (no explaination needed) Forty (same) Female (same, probably due to #1) Familial Certain ethnic groups seem to have a higher incidence as well as those with sickle disease or trait
Answered 7/21/2014
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