How Gallstones Treatment Can Help You Improve Your Health

Gallstones or gall bladder stones are common in females especially obese ad around middle age. Also seen commonly in sedentary workers and may be symptomatic or asymptomatic.

Symptomatic gallstones produce bloating sensation especially after meals, some people have the sensation of eaten too much even after eating too little or some develop acute pain.

Acute Pain – Gallstones may try to slip down which typically happens after a fatty meal, these stones may get stuck in the bile duct and cause right upper abdominal and back pain which is severe, intermittent spasmodic. The stone may get stuck producing acute cholecystitis a condition of severe gall bladder inflammation.

What are the investigations for gallstones – Ultrasound of the abdomen is the easiest and readily available investigation which can diagnose gallstones. Apart from that CT Scan or MRI can also help in doubtful cases.

What is the treatment of Gallstones?

 No medicine can cure or dissolve gallstones, only Surgery can treat Gallstones. The risk of leaving stones untreated is much more than getting it treated. World over, lakhs of patients have undergone this procedure and it has proved to be safe and beneficial. It has now become the gold standard for the treatment of gallstones. Gallstones treatment in Pune at Presize Clinic Pune is done by a team of expert doctors lead by Dr. Kedar Patil.

All symptomatic stones require Surgery known as Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy were in three to four small one cm punctures are made in the abdomen and the gall bladder- which may produce even more gallstones are removed completely, putting an end to the problem.

Asymptomatic gall stones stones which are accidently picked up on ultrasound done for other reasons of the abdomen can be observed with serial ultrasounds every 6 months to see if the size of stones are increasing or if they are causing obstruction, except in diabetics or person with blood disorders like sickle cell anemia where even asymptomatic stones are advised surgery.

Persons staying in Gangetic belt of North India is more prone for gall bladder cancer associated with gallstones hence advised surgery likewise gallbladder polyps of more than 10 mm also tend towards malignancy. Migrating stones can produce life threatening pancreatitis. Large stones can compress the CBD or can drill into the duodenum in time. Hence it is advisable to get treatment for gallstones before complications develop.

Unfortunately, patients fall prey toads calming cure for Gallstones with medicines or some powders, only to land up with complications requiring emergency surgery.