ABSTRACT
The study was carried out to find out the incidence of gallbladder disease in pregnancy in patients reporting at SMGS Hospital, Jammu (J&K). A total of 200 pregnant females, 100 from symptomatic and 100 from asymptomatic group in the age range of 16-40 year were studied. The incidence of gallstones during pregnancy was found to be 6%. The incidence of gallstones in pregnancy in the asymptomatic group was found to be 3% while it was higher (9%) in the symptomatic group. Nine percent of patients from the asymptomatic group while 27% of patients from the symptomatic group had biliary sludge. The incidence of gallbladder disease was higher in patients with high parity, higher body mass index, having used oral contraceptives and with family history of gallbladder disease. Thus, young pregnant patients specially with risk factors mentioned above should be subjected to ultrasonographic examination to rule out gallbladder disease.