Gallstone disease as a clinical marker of metabolic syndrome

The prevalence of cholelithiasis, its close pathogenetic connection with metabolic syndrome, high frequency of surgical intervention, significant economic losses put forward this comorbid pathology in a number of leading problems of modern clinical medicine. The factors associated with the metabolic syndrome not only increase the risk of developing cholelithiasis, but also form the basis of non-drug and drug therapy. Metabolic syndrome often determines the occurrence of three common and potentially life-threatening complications of cholelithiasis: acute cholecystitis, acute cholangitis and biliary pancreatitis. Therefore, the solution of this problem is associated with the need for early detection of additional risk factors for cholelithiasis, optimization of the early diagnostic and prognostic model of existing multi-organ pathology with the aim of reducing the progression of the disease and its complications. The data obtained in recent years on the human genome with metabolic syndrome and cholelithiasis make it possible to predict the development of comorbid pathology and to fully ensure the effectiveness of primary prevention.

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