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sameeralord
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Hello everyone,
Charcot's triad is there to describe the clinical features of acute cholangitis. They are
1.Fever
2. Right upper quadrant pain
3. Jaundice
2 and 3 in charcot's triad is confusing to me. As I want to know if they occur due to cholangitis (infection) or due to gall stone obstructing common bile duct and then getting infected causing cholangitis. Is this charcot's triad made assuming that a gall stone causes cholangitis, or even without a stone would 3 features mentioned in Charcot's triad occur in acute cholangitis.
Thanks :)
Charcot's triad is there to describe the clinical features of acute cholangitis. They are
1.Fever
2. Right upper quadrant pain
3. Jaundice
2 and 3 in charcot's triad is confusing to me. As I want to know if they occur due to cholangitis (infection) or due to gall stone obstructing common bile duct and then getting infected causing cholangitis. Is this charcot's triad made assuming that a gall stone causes cholangitis, or even without a stone would 3 features mentioned in Charcot's triad occur in acute cholangitis.
Thanks :)