Distendend Gallbladder?!


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Distendend Gallbladder?

What does a distended gallbladder mean? It appears on all my mom's CT scans, yet nobody seems to do anything about it. Sometimes her stool is pale (not always). She also is constipated/pain (could be from the pain meds though or the cancer). Although she is on her 'rest' period of her chemo right now (in the cycle), she vomits either bright green or a little darker green bile.

Any ideas on what to do? I've read online that it could be stones causing all this....very confusing!


Answers:

u didnt say what type of cancer ur mom hav, gallbladder distention can be a result of bile duct blockage and not just because of gallstone, it could be a tumor pressure on the bile duct. bright green or bile emesis, can happen with continued vomitting, that color denotes the ability of the bile duct to still spill bile from the gallbladder. she should have prescription for nausea, like zofran, anzemet or phenergan, and even small dose of ativan can help.if her vomitting persists in spite of medications she should be seen by her oncologist. take care.




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