Epidemiology of cholangitis
In France it is estimated that 3 to 4 million people are carriers of gallstones. they
become symptomatic at 100,000 to 200,000 people each year, and is made more
70,000 cholecystectomies per year.
Its major complications (occurring in about 20% of cases) are cholecystitis
acute (25% of them), cholangitis (21%), acute pancreatitis (7%). Thus, the
lithiasis complicated represents over 20 000 new cases per year and is about 4% of the
people.
SEX:
It is 02 times higher in women with a sex ratio of 0.55, in fact, as the main
cholangitis due to cholelithiasis is, women are more often affected than men: the
hormones promote stone formation. Pregnancy is particularly conducive to
lithogenesis.
AGE:
The average age is between 50 and 60.
THE RACE:
Since cholangitis is most often associated with gallstones, the risk factors are
So often the same, in fact, the frequency is higher among people of northern Europe,
among Hispanics and Native Americans (Indians). Some populations of South Asia,
in whom intestinal parasites are common, are often affected, and the
inhabitants of the Far East. Africans and Americans are less affected,
OTHER RISK FACTORS:
-Obesity: if weight> 20% of ideal weight.
-Diet: high calorie diet, rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, preventive effect of a diet rich in fiber.
-Drugs: Estrogens, progestins, Octreotide ...
-Intestinal diseases: Crohn's disease, resection of the terminal ileum.
-Cystic fibrosis.
become symptomatic at 100,000 to 200,000 people each year, and is made more
70,000 cholecystectomies per year.
Its major complications (occurring in about 20% of cases) are cholecystitis
acute (25% of them), cholangitis (21%), acute pancreatitis (7%). Thus, the
lithiasis complicated represents over 20 000 new cases per year and is about 4% of the
people.
SEX:
It is 02 times higher in women with a sex ratio of 0.55, in fact, as the main
cholangitis due to cholelithiasis is, women are more often affected than men: the
hormones promote stone formation. Pregnancy is particularly conducive to
lithogenesis.
AGE:
The average age is between 50 and 60.
THE RACE:
Since cholangitis is most often associated with gallstones, the risk factors are
So often the same, in fact, the frequency is higher among people of northern Europe,
among Hispanics and Native Americans (Indians). Some populations of South Asia,
in whom intestinal parasites are common, are often affected, and the
inhabitants of the Far East. Africans and Americans are less affected,
OTHER RISK FACTORS:
-Obesity: if weight> 20% of ideal weight.
-Diet: high calorie diet, rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, preventive effect of a diet rich in fiber.
-Drugs: Estrogens, progestins, Octreotide ...
-Intestinal diseases: Crohn's disease, resection of the terminal ileum.
-Cystic fibrosis.
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