Gall bladder removal

"Marco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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A friend of mine was diagnosed with gallstones a few days ago. The doctors have told her the best
thing to do is to remove the gall bladder altogether rather than the stones, and that the gall
bladder itself serves no useful purpose. Is this true? Why remove it and not the stones which are
causing the trouble? Thanks,

The patient will just make more stones if the gallbladder is left in place. Treatment for gall stone
that are causing symptoms is gallbladder removal.

HMc

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The patient will just make more stones if the gallbladder is left in place.

Why is that so? What if the patient changes his/her diet or lifestyle in order to prevent the
formation of other stones?

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Treatment for gall stone that are causing symptoms is gallbladder removal.

Is it true that the gallbladder serves no useful function? What are the side effects of gallbladder
removal? Thanks,

Marco

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"Howard McCollister" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The patient will just make more stones if the gallbladder is left in place.

Why is that so? What if the patient changes his/her diet or lifestyle in order to prevent the
formation of other stones?

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Treatment for gall stone that are causing symptoms is gallbladder removal.

Is it true that the gallbladder serves no useful function? What are the side effects of
gallbladder removal?

limit.ac.ukgallstones.htmOpen ↗ I had mine removed about 35 years ago, no problems other than
I had it done the long cut way, so the recovery period was longer. J

"Marco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The patient will just make more stones if the gallbladder is left in

place.

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Why is that so? What if the patient changes his/her diet or lifestyle in order to prevent the
formation of other stones?

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Treatment for gall stone that are causing symptoms is gallbladder

removal.

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Is it true that the gallbladder serves no useful function? What are the side effects of
gallbladder removal? Thanks,

Diet doesn't play a significant role in the development of gallstones. Numerous methods of
gallbladder stone removal have been tried over the last 100 years, all without ultimate effect.
These have included removing the stones surgically, dissolving them in the gallbladder with direct
instillation of petroleum ethers, dissolving them with medication (such as chenodeoxycholic acid),
and breaking them up with ultrasound (cholelithotripsy). It has been found that none of these things
work reliably or consistently, and the stones are reformed.

The gallbladder does have a function that theoretically aids in the digestion of fats in the diet.
Removing the gallbladder changes the flow patterns of bile in the intestinal tract, something the
body easily accomodates for. The only consistent side effect of gallbladder removal is diarrhea.
This might occur in as many as 20% of such patients, but in the vast majority it is transient and
resolves within weeks.

Laparoscopic gallbladder removal has, overall, become the simplest and most effective way of dealing
with symptomatic gallstones. Patient recovery is quick (outpatient in over 50% of cases IME), pain
tends to minimal, and return to work within a week or less. Given these facts, the safety, the low
risk of side effects and the fact that it cures the problem (gallstone formation in the
gallbladder), it is absolutely the preferred method of dealing with gallstones that are causing the
patient problems.

HMc

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Marco said:

Is it true that the gallbladder serves no useful function?

gallbladder is a reservoir for a sound digestion.

What are

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the side effects of gallbladder removal?

you will not be able any more to eat too much /fat f.i....) :-(

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limit.ac.ukgallstones.htmOpen ↗ I had mine removed about 35 years ago, no problems other
than I had it

done the long cut way, so the recovery

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period was longer. J