How do i ease gull stones?!
Question: Gallstones that remain in the gallladder do not cause pain. Those stones that are small enough to get out of the gallbladder or that form outside it may be the cause of severe pain as the bile ducts react to the foreign body by going into spasm. This is known as gallbladder colic.
Classically, gallbladder colic is a recurring pain felt under the right rib margin that comes and goes until the stone is passed out into the duodenum. During the exacerbations, the pain may be quite severe, and may radiate through to the back on the right side. Traditionally, this pain is brought on by eating high-fat foods and vegetables that belong to the cabbage family.
Gallstones may also be associate with inflammation and thickening of the gallbladder wall, a condition called cholecystitis. This is usually caused by bacteria and requires hospitalization and antibiotics for treatment, followed by surgical removal of the gallbladder, or cholecystectomy once the infection and inflammation have subsided.
So the first step in easing gall stone pain is not to have attacks of gallbladder colic, by not eating fatty foods or cabbage family vegetables.
There is another frequent complication of gallstones: pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas which can be very painful, and can require hospitalization for treatment and pain management.
There is at least one medication that can help get rid of gallstones. I don't know how effective it is, and I can imagine the pain that could occur if a gallstone that was formerly too large to pass got small enough to pass through the bile ducts and caused an attack of biliary colic! If it happened to me, I would not be singing the praises of the physician who prescribed the medication, at least while passing a stone!
The usual first step in treating gallstones is to be sure they are actually the problem. This is usually determined using an ultrasound examination of the gallbladder and bile ducts, or by doing a CT scan of the abdomen, so that the stones can be viewed in some sort of an image.
Once the stones are known to be present, if they are small enough that they may be able to pass, a gastroenterologist performs an ERCP, or endoscopic retrograde cannulation of the pancreatic duct (in most of us, the bile duct and the pancreatic duct join just before the ducts empty into the duodenum). During this procedure, the Ampulla of Vater is opened up, so that stones can pass more easily.
And finally, the definitive step in the treatment of gallstones is a cholecystectomy, or removal of the gall bladder. This was formerly a formidable operation that required a large incision, but with the introduction of laparoscopic instruments, a large incision is no longer necessary, and the hospital stay has been shortened to a couple of days.
New stones can still form in the bile ducts, but this is rare after cholecystectomy, and the removal of the gallbladder usually eliminates the problem.
Answers: Gallstones that remain in the gallladder do not cause pain. Those stones that are small enough to get out of the gallbladder or that form outside it may be the cause of severe pain as the bile ducts react to the foreign body by going into spasm. This is known as gallbladder colic.
Classically, gallbladder colic is a recurring pain felt under the right rib margin that comes and goes until the stone is passed out into the duodenum. During the exacerbations, the pain may be quite severe, and may radiate through to the back on the right side. Traditionally, this pain is brought on by eating high-fat foods and vegetables that belong to the cabbage family.
Gallstones may also be associate with inflammation and thickening of the gallbladder wall, a condition called cholecystitis. This is usually caused by bacteria and requires hospitalization and antibiotics for treatment, followed by surgical removal of the gallbladder, or cholecystectomy once the infection and inflammation have subsided.
So the first step in easing gall stone pain is not to have attacks of gallbladder colic, by not eating fatty foods or cabbage family vegetables.
There is another frequent complication of gallstones: pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas which can be very painful, and can require hospitalization for treatment and pain management.
There is at least one medication that can help get rid of gallstones. I don't know how effective it is, and I can imagine the pain that could occur if a gallstone that was formerly too large to pass got small enough to pass through the bile ducts and caused an attack of biliary colic! If it happened to me, I would not be singing the praises of the physician who prescribed the medication, at least while passing a stone!
The usual first step in treating gallstones is to be sure they are actually the problem. This is usually determined using an ultrasound examination of the gallbladder and bile ducts, or by doing a CT scan of the abdomen, so that the stones can be viewed in some sort of an image.
Once the stones are known to be present, if they are small enough that they may be able to pass, a gastroenterologist performs an ERCP, or endoscopic retrograde cannulation of the pancreatic duct (in most of us, the bile duct and the pancreatic duct join just before the ducts empty into the duodenum). During this procedure, the Ampulla of Vater is opened up, so that stones can pass more easily.
And finally, the definitive step in the treatment of gallstones is a cholecystectomy, or removal of the gall bladder. This was formerly a formidable operation that required a large incision, but with the introduction of laparoscopic instruments, a large incision is no longer necessary, and the hospital stay has been shortened to a couple of days.
New stones can still form in the bile ducts, but this is rare after cholecystectomy, and the removal of the gallbladder usually eliminates the problem.
You go have gallbladder out, the surgery is not as bad as it use to be. They can now do it as a microscopy surgery, good luck I had mine out many years ago and I'm just fine.
Sounds pretty much on par with my fiance's pregnancy. Could be your in the midst of enjoying the Braxton Hicks contractions. The dizziness is probably a blood pressure issue. Many pregnant woman develop dizziness and shortness of breath along with a host of other discomforts. i.e. heart burn, headaches, constepation and of course peeing every 3 minutes 24/7.
If I were you I'd tell your doctor about the dizziness. Also tell him that he made you feel stupid for asking a ligitimate question last week. If you tell him, hopefully he'll adjust his bedside manner and spare another expecting mother the horrible feeling of embarrassment.
Congratulations by the way.
Take analgesia and eat a low fat diet or have your gall bladder removed...