A long-standing inflammation of the gallbladder. Causes and Risks Chronic cholecystitis is caused by repeated mild attacks of acute cholecystitis , leading to thickening of the walls of the gallbladder and shrinking of the gallbladder. The gallbladder eventually loses the ability to concentrate and store bile . Eating fatty food may aggravate the symptoms. The disease occurs more often in women than in men, and the incidence increases after the age of 40.
Risk factors are a previous history of acute cholecystitis.
The incidence is 7 out of 10,000 people. Chronic cholecystitis Please read this Important notice . Please read it.