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PREVALENCE OF KIDNEY AND BILE STONES IN HUMAN BODY – A POPULATION BASED STUDY IN TAMILNADU

Aruna Devaraj R.*, Rajeev Joseph D., J. Dinesh Peter., D. Raveena Judie Dolly and Anup Raveen Jaison R.

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Gall Bladder stones are mostly formed by accumulation of bile. Chemicals present in bile result in precipitation of one or more components like Obesity, compression of the liver, untimely food, over eating and hormonal stress during Puberty, Pregnancy, Menopause or Prostate enlargement. Gall stones are found in all age groups. Oestrogen causes more cholesterol to be excreted into bile duct, and obesity. Body mass index >30 is a risk factor. A review of research work since 2000 is presented. The investigation involves a three phase study, survey of 400 respondents for kidney and gall stones / 10 case studies and analysis of gall stones with 20 female and 30 male herbal respondents. Gall stones of bigger size was found in males (12.33± 1.31 mm). Age and sex based analysis was subjected to Anova and presented as mean ± SD with SPSS software. The results were not significant (p

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