Treatments for Gallstones

Treatment

Doctors often meet these ‘silent stones’ during a routine physical examination to detect other disease and usually, the patient is suggested to ‘wait and see’ rather than be treated.

However, if your gallstones show symptoms, there are surgical treatments and non-surgical treatments which can be done.

Surgical

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Diagnosis and Types of Gallstone

Types of Gallstone

  • Cholesterol gall stones. Yellow color gallstones contain undissolved cholesterol, although it may contain other components such as calcium and bilirubin (weak red blood cell remnants). 80 percent of gallstones are cholesterol stones.
  • Pigmented gallstones. Small dark chocolate or black colored stones formed when there were too many bilirubin. It can be suffered by those who experience cirrhosis, biliary tract infection and sickle cell anaemia that produce excessive bilirubin.
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Gallstones' Symptoms and Risk Factors

Symptoms

  • Chronic indigestion indicated by revulsion, gas (wind), inflatable stomach and sometimes pain in the abdominal area.
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Gallstones – The Silent Stones

gallstones Gallstones   The Silent StonesLiver produces bile – a chocolate green colored liquid containing bile salt, fat liquid, cholesterol and other chemical materials.

This emulsion kept in the gall-bladder until it is required to digest fats in your small intestine. When eating, your gall bladder would contract and releases bile through sistic duct and enter ordinary bile duct.

This bile duct then will bring the bile to the top small intestine (duodenum) where there it will first break fats in your food.

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