Q:
Do you know the causes of gallstones?
A:
Gallstones are some hard deposits derived from digestive fluid in your gallbladder. The size of gallstone is different. You may have only one gallstone which is as large as a golf ball. Or you may have lots of gallstones which are as small as sand. Besides, there are two types of gallstones: cholesterol gallstones and pigment gallstones, and the former is the most common type.
The possible causes of gallstones are as follows:
- Family history of having gallstones.
- Eating fewer meals per day.
- Low intake of vitamin C, calcium, and magnesium.
- High intake of carbohydrate.
- Low fluid consumption.
- Diabetes.
- Some medicines such as oral contraceptives and hormone therapy drugs.
- Liver disease.
- Overweight.
- High-cholesterol diet.
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