疾病也有“亲戚”关系:当患上一种疾病时,其他一种或几种疾病可能接踵而至,这多是由相似致病基因、同一生活习惯,或内外因共同作用导致。胆结石和冠心病。胆结石是指胆道系统(包括胆囊和胆管)发生结石的疾病。冠心病是由于冠状动脉血管粥样硬化,造成心肌缺血、缺氧或坏死,导致心绞痛、心肌梗死,甚至心衰、死亡的疾病。两者看似不太搭边,却是一对“亲戚病”。与我们熟知的冠心病危险因素,比如糖尿病、高血压、肥胖等相比,胆结石患者患上冠心病的风险更 Disease also has a relationship of “relatives”: When suffering from a disease, one or more other diseases may follow one another, mostly caused by similar pathogenic genes, the same habits or internal and external causes. Gallstones and coronary heart disease. Gallstones are diseases of the biliary system (including the gallbladder and bile duct). Coronary heart disease is due to coronary atherosclerosis, resulting in myocardial ischemia, hypoxia or necrosis, leading to angina, myocardial infarction, and even heart failure, death of the disease. Both seemingly do not take the edge, but it is a pair of “relatives disease.” And we are well-known risk factors for coronary heart disease, such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, gallstone patients suffering from coronary heart disease risk more