1 Address risk factors that can lead to coronary heart disease and other heart problems. 2  These risk factors include high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, overweight or obesity, diabetes, smoking, lack of physical activity, and depression and other emotional health concerns. 3  Adopt healthy lifestyle changes.
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is often diagnosed before symptoms appear when a routine blood test or an X-ray taken for an unrelated condition shows liver abnormalities. Early symptoms often include: 1  Fatigue. 2  Itching.
Ascending cholangitis or acute cholangitis (or sometimes cholangitis without a modifier-from Greek chol -, bile + ang -, vessel + itis -, inflammation) is an infection of the bile duct (cholangitis), usually caused by bacteria ascending from its junction with the duodenum (first part of the small intestine).