Cholangitis
An infection of the bile duct, usually caused by bacteria coming from the upper part of the small intestine (duodenum), that is typically caused by gallstones.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Baby 0-2 | Rare | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Rare | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Common |
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Is cholangitis painful?
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What exactly is cholangitis?
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What are the tests for cholangitis?
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What sort of disease is cholangitis?
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What do you recommend for cholangitis?
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So what are the symptoms of cholangitis?
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What's a natural way to treat cholangitis?
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What some of the complications of cholangitis?
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What are the symptoms of oriental cholangitis?
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What is the definition or description of: cholangitis?
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Does Acute Cholangitis cause hepatitis? If it does, is the hepatitis acute or chronic?
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Does cholangitis cause thrombosis?
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What are the symptoms of sclerosing cholangitis ?
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Do doctors see a lot of patients with cholangitis?
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I was wondering what are some nursing diagnoses for cholangitis?
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What is the definition or description of: sclerosing cholangitis?
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What are all the long-term complications of sclerosing cholangitis ?
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Will sclerosing cholangitis kill me?
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Is primary sclerosing cholangitis rare?
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How can I treat primary sclerosing cholangitis?
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What's the best treatment to get rid of cholangitis?
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis - what is the inherited risk?
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Does primary sclerosing cholangitis usually cause many symptoms?
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Any information and/or prognosis for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis , from which I am currently dying?
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What is cholangitis? My puppy's been diagnosed; I'm worried for her health and worried it's contagious to my family. The vet doesn't think it's lepto
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Will primary sclerosing cholangitis kill me?
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Do people with primary sclerosing cholangitis have a lot of pain?
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I'm a 25 year old male recently diagnosed with stage 2 primary sclerosing cholangitis. Is this a common age range for this issue?
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis---what treatments are best?
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