My mother has stone in Gal Bladder can it be removed without surgery she is 55 Yrs old and stone size is 7.2?

Answer 1

they can try lithotrypsy, they put her in a tank of water and bombard her gal bladder with sound waves breaking up the stone into little bits that will pass.

Answer 2

It's a little disturbing to see that so many are ready and willing to start yankin' out body parts. Gall Bladder dysfunction has a very strong correlation with stress. So, stress management is very appropriate. Massage, meditation, exercise and breathing exercises can all be beneficial in that regard. As for surgery, that should be a last result. Many Doc have gotten filthy rich off laproscopic gall bladder surgery(laprascopic cholecystectomy) and many times the problem could be corrected sans surgery. There also a procedure called lithotripsy that uses sound waves to break up stones. This is used mostly for kidney stones. They anesthetize you and put you in a big tub of H20 then blast the Target area with sound waves. Because lap gall bladder surgery has become so routine with patients often going home the same day and back to work in 3 or 4 days, the tendency is to way over prescribe. Hey, it's till cutting out an organ that might be fixed. As they say, minor surgery is what the other person has. peace

Answer 3

She needs to have surgery. I almost died from gall stones. I had one that went into my bile duct and it was the size of an orange. My skin turned a brownish orange and it nearly killed me. The doctor told me if I had waited one more day to have emergency surgery, I would be dead.

Answer 4

Yes it can be removed by an ayurvedic medicine which is given by a doctor in Pune(maharashtra).It is a very successful medicine.You can contact her on 9356379516 or 02026140055.

Answer 5

There are oral medications that are used to dissolve some kinds of gallstones.
Usually they just remove the gallbladder which is called laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It is not as invasive as the cutting method of long ago.

Answer 6

Cholelithiasis 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 but do not cause dyspepsia. Other common consequences of gallstones include cholecystitis; biliary tract obstruction (usually as a result of bile duct stones), sometimes with infection (cholangitis); and gallstone pancreatitis. Diagnosis is usually based on ultrasound. If cholelithiasis causes symptoms or complications, cholecystectomy becomes necessary.

For patients who decline surgical treatment or for whom surgical risks are high (eg, because of concomitant medical disorders or advanced age), gallbladder stones can sometimes be dissolved by giving bile acids orally for many months. Stones must be made of cholesterol (best determined by their radiolucency on plain abdominal films), and the gallbladder should be free of obstruction as determined by filling on cholescintigraphy or, if available, oral cholecystography. However, some clinicians assume that stones in the neck of the cystic duct are nonobstructing; thus they do not perform cholescintigraphy or oral cholecystography. UrsodiolSome Trade Names
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(ursodeoxycholic acid) 8 to 10 mg/kg/day po in 2 to 3 divided doses, with the major portion (eg, 2⁄3 to 3⁄4) of the dose given in the evening, reduces biliary secretion of cholesterol and decreases the cholesterol saturation of bile. Because of their higher surface area:volume ratio, small gallstones dissolve more quickly (eg, 80% of stones < 0.5 cm dissolve within 6 mo). Large stones have a much poorer success rate even when higher doses of ursodeoxycholic acid are given (10 to 12 mg/kg/day). About 15 to 20% of patients are candidates for dissolution, having stones < 1 cm, with success rates of up to 40% after 2 yr of treatment. However, even after successful dissolution, stones recur in 50% by 5 yr. Ursodeoxycholic acid can prevent stone formation in morbidly obese patients undergoing rapid weight reduction either after gastric bypass surgery or while on a very low calorie diet. Alternative methods of stone dissolution (insertion of methyl-tert-butyl ether directly into the gallbladder) or stone fragmentation (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy) are now largely unavailable because of overwhelming patient acceptance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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Answer 7

Ask her to take salads/raita of ajwain ka patha and sufficient quantities of cooked beetroot, carrot, banana stem and banana flower in her diet. That should reduce her condition slowly and steadily.

Answer 8

If the stones are smaller, ayurveda will cure. In your case, go to R.G.Stone clinic. They will crush with ultra sound and it will go out in urine. No surgery, no pain.

Answer 9

Try homoeopathy and Reflexology together it works faster, good luck to her.

Answer 10

not really but the new tec. thats out is only a small incision
and your only down a few days. bye