Any safe non-surgical technique to dissolve a gall bladder stone?
Someone I know has a 15mm gall bladder stone. They only came to know abt it last week when they had a moderate gall bladder attack. Ultrasound showed the stone. Surgery has been advised. The doc said that it’s ok if you put off having surgery for like a month or two, but don’t put it off indefinitely. If you have important work and want to delay it, just make sure you don’t eat any fat in between (as it cud prompt another attack).
I want to know if some other non-surgical technique is there which really works, which is safe and effective in dissolving the gallstone, which cud be attempted in this 1-2 months time frame that they have got? And my second question is that can Lithotripsy (spelling?), which is used to shatter kidney stones) be used to shatter the gall stone as well, and will it have any negative side effect?
The reason for looking for a non-surgical technique is because the doctor said that, in gall bladder surgery, the whole gall bladder is removed along with the stone. And since they want to avoid removing the gall bladder (unless of course there’s NO other option), they want to know about alternatives.
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Gall stones can really be a problem because of the symptoms and other complications it may bring expecially if it gets impacted in the cystic duct and bile ducts. However, there are a lot of people who have lived out there lives with gall stones without having any symptoms. It is true that you can put off the surgery for a while but if the symptoms recur very often, the surgery would be your best bet. Either laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy. Actually, it is no problem if the gallbladder is removed. The gallbladder acts as a reservior for bile and bile is produced by the liver. You may have some discomfort from maybe bloating or some form of indigestion but nothing very serious.
One medical therapy you can try is taking ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) which are bile acid that may dissolve the stones but it will take a long time and depends on what type of stones they are. It usually does not work for asians. The 1-2 month time frame might not be enough but you can try it. You can check out this website regarding UDCA. http://www.cemproducts.com/udurac.html
Regarding lithotripsy or ESWL, yes it is being done for large biliary stones and it is the same machine they use to shatter kidney stones but am not sure if they still do it for gall stones. Sometimes with shattered stones is that the small fragments can cause more problems that large stones because the small fragments can migrate into other parts of the biliary tree and cause an obstruction.
If the stones were in the bile duct, your friend might try to see a gastroenterologist who performs endoscopy. The biliary stones can be removed by ERCP without removing the gallbladder but eventually, if there are stones in the gallbladder, the gastroenterologist will also advise you to get surgery. However, surgery does not guarantee that you will never have biliary stones from recurring.
try homeopathy.it is a long but good process.once cured,it will not come again in lifetime.
They will do with laser surgery they will make a little incision on your stomach use the laser and its over, most time they will not have to take your gallbladder
There is nothing safe once u have a inflammed gall bladder!
Look I’ve had my Gall Bladder removed, back when they use to literally cut you open(breast bone to side of patient), take out other organs in order to get at the gall bladder, remove it and then put back your other organs and stitch and staple era… huge, huge scar to prove it. My daughter took my stones to school for a show & tell….
If u don’t trust, believe in this physician… GET A SECOND OPINION… you have that right. It’s serious surgery with serious consequences. Even vomiting black bile didn’t scare me enough. I almost died because I was stubborn and thought I could live with the pain, vomiting, and I had a new job. I was too afraid to ask for time off.
A stone got stuck in the bile tube and started to burst while I was in surgery. But your friend has new technology, new methods going for them. Now they have ultrasound to blast the darn things into grains of sand. Recovery is quicker, less invasive.
You just want a surgeon who does this procedure alot, a hospital that has updated sterile procedures, and then the patient is KEY into it being a success. Attitude is everything! You got to get up and walk. It hurts like hell, but if you focus on goal, in my case it was my first child. I had to get home to her then they will be OK. The most important thing is to FOLLOW DR ADVICE & Aftercare Instructions to the letter. Cause it takes awhile to bounce back. You feel better but you need someone caring for you, doing things that your not suppose too.
Life can and will be good for them. But a bad gallbladder is bad, you don’t want it to burst and make u septic, fighting to live.
The whole gall bladder is removed? I guess that really is the normal way of doing it. I already had two friends undergo this surgery. Sadly, I don’t know of anyone who has gone through an alternative method.
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