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TITLE:

HIGH RISK OF GALLSTONE DISEASE; INFECTION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS

AUTHORS:

Dr Bilal Mustafa, Dr Abrar Iqbal, Dr Adnan Rehman

ABSTRACT:

Objective: The most common risk factors for the GD (Gallstone Disease) are diseases of liver. Some research works have concluded the connection among HCV infection & high occurrence of GDs but those research works were unable to exclude the other risk factors from the patients as cirrhosis. The aim of this study is to establish a relationship among the infection of HCV & GDs with the exclusion of remaining risk factors for gallstone diseases. Methodology: This transverse research work conducted in Bahawalpur Victoria hospital Bahawalpur, Pakistan for a duration of about 18 months. The patients referred for the abdomen’s ultrasound were the part of this research work. Two thousand patients were the part of this study selected by non-probability samplings technique. Anti-hepatitis C virus antibody test performed for every patient with the utilization of the ELISA & sonography for the determination of the availability or non-availability of the gallstones. Results: the patients of HCV infections found with high rate of the gallstones in comparison with the healthy controls. In the HCV infected patients, gallstones disease was more prevalent in males as compared to the females and occurrence of the gallstone was high in the young people having less than 40 year of age. Conclusion: The danger of GDs is very high in the patients suffering from the infection of HCV. This relationship is more prevalent in the male patients. KEYWORDS: Gallstones, Infection, Anti-Hepatitis C Virus, Prevalent, Exclusion, Healthy.