Anybody here ever had a gallstone?
i know someone who has one and i am very worried for her, are they dangerous if not removed soon, the doctors told her that she has had this for some time but it has never bothered her, but now she has inflammation in some of her organs and is taking antibiotics for it, is this because of the gallstone or is this a coinsidence?
2007-01-02 01:35:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Cholelithiasis (The presence of stones in the gallbladder or bile ducts) is the presence of one or more calculi (gallstones) in the gallbladder. In the US, 20% of people > 65 yr have gallstones, and most disorders of the extrahepatic biliary tract arise from gallstones. Gallstones may be asymptomatic or cause biliary colic (spasm of smooth muscle in a bile duct caused by gallstone) but do not cause dyspepsia (indigestion). Other common consequences of gallstones include cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder); biliary tract obstruction (usually as a result of bile duct stones), sometimes with infection (cholangitis-inflammation of bile ducts); and gallstone pancreatitis (inflammation of pancreas due to gallstone). Diagnosis is usually based on ultrasound. If cholelithiasis causes symptoms or complications, cholecystectomy (incision into gallbladder) becomes necessary.
A gallbladder operation is absolutely necessary:
(1) When an acute inflammation is present. This can be diagnosed by elevated temperature, pain and tenderness in the vicinity of the gallbladder, an elevated white blood cell count, and x-ray evidence of a diseased organ.
(2) When the patient is having recurrent attacks of severe, colicky pain due to the presence of gallstones.
(3) When, in the presence of positive proof of gallbladder malfunction, the patient is suffering from chronic indigestion, nausea, flatulence, and pain in the right upper part of the abdomen.
(4) When jaundice, caused by an obstructing stone, is present.
Please see the web pages for more details on Gallstones.
2007-01-02 02:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had gallstones and mostly they cause lots of pain if not removed, no infection that I know of. They cause pain when they block the tube coming out of the gall bladder. If they don't hurt her, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The inflammation could well likely be coincidence.
2007-01-02 09:43:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her to get her gall bladder out, it is a very simple surgery, tiny little hole, same day, and she can be back to work in a week , yrs. ago it was at least a month,my daughter had gall stones, they kept telling her she was too young for that and that she had the flu, etc., after about four yrs. of having a couple of attacks a yr. , she ended up in the hospital with pancreatitis that almost took her life from complications from the gall bladder inflammation, plus all the misery inbetween, so tell her to get it out, sooner the better.
2007-01-02 09:48:33 · answer #3 · answered by sweetyebug3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a normal reaction with gallstones. My mother had her gall bladder removed years ago and is still doing fine.
2007-01-02 09:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by texas_shammer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not very serious if tended to. They can be broken up by laser or sometimes passed with medication. Worse case scenario, she'll have to have her gall bladder removed. I had mine removed when I was 22 and I lead a perfectly normal, healthy life.
2007-01-02 09:44:23 · answer #5 · answered by sassy n 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
search gallstone ailments and see if you can get a doctor online.
2007-01-02 10:03:02 · answer #6 · answered by sexy c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋