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Gallstones - Rebecca Braswell
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Gallstones
Rebecca Braswell
What are Gallstones?
Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid that form in your gallbladder.
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What are the symptoms of Gallstones?
Gallstones may have no signs or symptoms. If a gallstonecauses a blockage, the resulting signs and symptoms may include:
- Rapidly intensifying pain in the upper right part of your abdomen
- Rapidly intensifying pain in the center of your abdomen
- Back pain between your shoulder blades
- Pain in your right shoulder
- Nausea or vomiting
- Gallstone pain may last several minutes to a few hours.
How it impacts Digestive system organs?
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Gallstones block the tubes (ducts) through which bile flows from your gallbladder or liver to your small intestine. Causing severe pain, jaundice and bile duct infection.
What to eat if you have Gallstones
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Eat more high-fiber foods in your diet, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
Changing your diet won't get change your gallstones, but eating a healthy, balanced variety of nutrients and limiting the amount of saturated fats and cholesterol-heavy foods you eat may help ease your symptoms.
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What not to eat if you have Gallstones
Avoid refined carbohydrates and saturated fats and limit these high-fat foods in your diet:
Fried foods
Highly processed foods (doughnuts, pie, cookies)
Whole-milk dairy products (cheese, ice cream, butter)
Fatty red meat
* When losing weight don't try to have a low-calorie diet. If you are overweight, aim for a gradual weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds a week.
Treatments Available
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Surgery to remove the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) and medications to dissolve gallstones.
Gallbladder removal doesn't affect your ability to digest food, but it can cause diarrhea, which is usually temporary.
Medications to dissolve gallstones may take months or years of treatment and aren't commonly used as surgrey. Gallstones will likely form again if treatment is stopped.
* Medications for gallstones and are reserved for people who can't undergo surgery.