Stones in the gallbladder and their treatment

Every year an increasing number of people, turning to doctors, discover a cholelithiasis. What it is? This is when, in connection with the violation of the cholesterol and bilirubin exchange, clots form in the cavity of the gallbladder, which subsequently turn into stones. The gallbladder slows down the outflow of bile, which largely affects human health. According to statistical data, after 40 years, 35% of women and 17% of men suffer from cholelithiasis.

Why do gallstones appear ? The development of this disease occurs gradually. This contributes to a sedentary lifestyle, long breaks between meals, overeating, excessive use of cold desserts and carbonated drinks, fatty and spicy food. There are cases of the disease with psychological stress and emotional stress. In addition, predisposition to this disease is observed in people suffering from diabetes and obesity. You can not exclude from the list and heredity, especially this is observed on the female line.

In the initial stages of gallstones, stones for a long time do not make themselves felt, and can appear as an accidental finding during an ultrasound. With a more neglected form, they manifest as attacks of dull as well as sharp pains in the right part of the epigastric region, bitterness in the mouth. In some cases, there is nausea. However, the symptoms of this disease can be masked for other diseases. So, for example, there may be a pressing pain in the lumbar region or pain in the heart.

There are patients who believe that small stones in the gall bladder do not pose a great danger. However, this is an erroneous opinion. Undoubtedly, large stones can lead to the formation of pressure sores and the breakthrough of the gallbladder. But small pebbles are treacherous in their own way. They can migrate to the bile ducts, where at the level of the confluence of the 12-colon may simply become stuck. This leads to the development of an acute attack of cholecystitis. It must always be remembered that if the stones appeared, they will never disappear on their own, and the presence of even small formations already indicates that there is a violation of the gallbladder.

How to get rid of gallstones? One of the ways to overcome this disease is the dissolution of stones with the help of medications. For these purposes, drugs based on ursodeoxycholic and chenodeoxycholic acids can be used. It should be noted that with the help of these drugs you can only affect cholesterol stones and then not until complete dissolution, but reduce them in size. This process is very long, because with the constant use of these drugs, the reduction is only 1 mm per month. In addition, the dissolution of stones should be performed with the gallbladder stored. It is necessary that it continues to contract normally and remove bile. When acute inflammatory diseases of the gallbladder occur or when liver diseases, stomach and intestinal ulcers, dissolution of stones is contraindicated.

The second method of treatment is crushing stones in the gallbladder. This is done using the method of remote lithotripsy, which consists in the impact on the stone of a large number of shock waves. As a result, the substance disintegrates into smaller fragments that leave the human body through the bile ducts. However, there is one "but" here. Before the impact on the stones, they tend to have an even shape and are fairly smooth. With proper nutrition, people hardly feel them. And after fragmentation, a lot of fragments appear in the gallbladder, which provoke pain, sometimes, quite strong. Therefore, in most cases it is recommended to remove the gallbladder surgically.