The Answer
The Question was:
Female, Fat, Forty, Flatulent, Fertile -- What ties all these things together?
The Answer, correctly given by christa7 is in fact Gallbladder disease. The five F's (which often includes "fair") are a mnemonic to help people in medical fields to remember the population group with the highest risk of Gallbladder issues. Because of how hormones can influence the Gallbladder, and how fat tissue can effect hormone levels, females as a whole are more at risk, especially if they are overweight, and also especially if they've had multiple pregnancies. Age also plays a role, hence "Forty" (implying forty or older) and for women, once they're much older than 40 hormones become a factor of their own. Flatulence in this case is not a causitive factor but a sign that there is something amiss in the digestive tract. Obviously, flatulence on its own is not enough to go on, since all people produce gas. "Fair" refers a belief that people with pale skin are more at risk, though there seems to be some dispute in the scientific validity of this.
Beets, apparently, are an excellent food for those who are prone to gallbladder problems.
For her correct response, christa7 will receive a prize.
And the runner up, felixamatrix, who had the most imaginative incorrect response, will receive a prize as well. She explained how the Five F's referred to Noah's Ark, using logic that I don't quite understand.
I haven't decided what the prizes are, and they may or may not be physically tangible things.
Female, Fat, Forty, Flatulent, Fertile -- What ties all these things together?
The Answer, correctly given by christa7 is in fact Gallbladder disease. The five F's (which often includes "fair") are a mnemonic to help people in medical fields to remember the population group with the highest risk of Gallbladder issues. Because of how hormones can influence the Gallbladder, and how fat tissue can effect hormone levels, females as a whole are more at risk, especially if they are overweight, and also especially if they've had multiple pregnancies. Age also plays a role, hence "Forty" (implying forty or older) and for women, once they're much older than 40 hormones become a factor of their own. Flatulence in this case is not a causitive factor but a sign that there is something amiss in the digestive tract. Obviously, flatulence on its own is not enough to go on, since all people produce gas. "Fair" refers a belief that people with pale skin are more at risk, though there seems to be some dispute in the scientific validity of this.
Beets, apparently, are an excellent food for those who are prone to gallbladder problems.
For her correct response, christa7 will receive a prize.
And the runner up, felixamatrix, who had the most imaginative incorrect response, will receive a prize as well. She explained how the Five F's referred to Noah's Ark, using logic that I don't quite understand.
I haven't decided what the prizes are, and they may or may not be physically tangible things.