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Gallstones Involvements

When liquid stored in the gall bladder It is believed that obesity is a mojor
hardens into pieces of stone-like risk factor for gallstones, especially in
material the discussion is about the women. obesity tents to reduce the amount
gallstones. The bile is used to help the of bile salts in bile resulting in more
body digest fats. The same bile which is cholesterol. Obesity may also decrease
made in the liver is stored in the the empty of the gallbladder. The
gallbladder until the body needs to cholesterol level in bile may appear in
digest fat. The gallbladder contracts and cases of excess estrogen from pregnancy,
pushes the bile into a tube-the common hormone replacement therapy, or birth
bile duct-that carries it to the small control pills.
intestine, where it helps with digestion. The presence of estrogen decreases
Bile is made of water, cholesterol, fats, gallbladder movement which can lead to
bile salts, proteins and bilirubin. The gallstones. The Americans have a genetic
bilirubin gives bile a yellowish color predisposition to secrete high levels to
and the bile salts break up fat. there cholesterol in bile. A mojority of Native
are two types of gallstones: cholesterol American men have gallstones by age 60.
stones and pigment stones. Cholesterol Amoung the Indians of Arizona, 70 per
stones are yellow-green and they are made cent of women have gallstones by age 30.
of hardened cholesterol. They are in an Women and Mexican American men of all
account of 80 per cent of gallstones. ages have high rates of gallstones. Women
Pigment stones are small, dark stones between 20 and 60 years are predisposed
made of bilirubin. Gallstones may look to develop gallstones as men. The elder
like of grain of sand or as large as a people are more likely to develop
golf ball. gallstones than younger people. The risk
Any combination of gallstones may develop of gallstones can increase because drugs
for example one large stone, hundreds of that lower cholesterol levels in blood
tiny stones. The biliary system shows the and at the sometime increase the amount
following range: the gallbladder and the of cholesterol secreted in bile.
ducts that carry bile and other digestive High levels of fatty acids called
enzymes from the liver, gallbladder, triglycerides are present in people with
pancreas to the small intestine. The diabetes. In a case of a rapid weight
normal flow of bile in any of the ducts loss the liver secrete extra cholesterol
that carry bile from the liver to the into bile, which can cause gallstones.
small intestine can be blocked by some The bile can become over concentrate with
gallstones. The hepatic ducts, the cystic cholesterol, which can lead to gallstones
duct and the common bile duct involves due to the fasting decreases gallbladder
the bile which trapped in these ducts and movement. The symptoms of gallstones are
can cause inflammation in the often named gallstone "attack" because
gallbladder. they appear suddenly. A typical attack
Other ducts open into the common bile can cause: steady pain in the upper
including the pancreating duct which abdomen, pain in the back between the
carries digestive enzyme out of the shoulder blades, pain under the right
pancreas. The opening of a duct may be shoulder, nausea or vomiting. Gallstone
blocked by a present gallstone which can attacks often occur after fatty meals and
cause an extremly painful inflammation they may appear during the night. Other
called gallstone pancreatitis. If one of gallstones symptoms are: abdominal
these ducts remain blocks infections bloating, recccuring intolerance of fatty
affecting the gallbladder liver or foods, colic, belching, gas and
pancreas can occur. There are some indigestion.
serious problems considered as warning Patients who have the above and any of
size: fever, jaundice and persistent the following symptoms should consult a
pain. The cholesterol stones form when doctor right away: chills, low-grade
bile contains too much cholesterol, too fever, yellowish color of the skin or
much bilirubin or not enough bile salts, whites of the eyes, clay-colored stools.
or when the gallbladder does not empty as Unfortunately there are asymptomatic
it should for some other reason. patients with no symptoms and their
The cause of pigment stones is undefined. stones are called "silent stones". They
They develop in people who have do not interract with gallbladder, liver
cirrhosis, biliary tract infections and or pancreas function and do not need
hereditary blood disorders, such as treatment.
sickle cell anemia, in which too much There are many causes of gallstones but
bilirubin is formed. The gallstones have doctors discovered many currying ways.
been indentified as cholesterol stones.




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