digestive system malfunctions: gallstones
- Created by: katie.flinders
- Created on: 10-05-22 09:31
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- GALLSTONES
- CAUSES
- Chemical imbalance in the make-up of bile.
- high levels of cholesterol inside the gallbladder
- high levels of waste product called bilirubin
- more common if you're overweight, over 40, female, have a condition such as cirrhosis or IBS, or a family member who also suffers
- SYMPTOMS
- Sudden+ severe abdominal pain
- excessive sweating
- nausea or vomitting
- jaundice
- itchy skin
- diarrhoea
- loss of appetite
- TREATMENT/PREVENTION
- treatment depends on how the symptoms affect the individual daily life
- For an asymptomatic person 'active monitoring' will be recommende
- keyhole surgery to remove the stones
- medication- is not often prescribed as it must be taken for at least 2 years, it is also not always effective and gallstones may return after treatment ends.
- lithotripsy- non-surgical treatment: tiny endoscope is used to deliver shock waves that shatter the gall stones
- treatment depends on how the symptoms affect the individual daily life
- CAUSES
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