The first signs of having gallstones are jaundice, yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, fever and pain in the right upper or middle or upper abdomen that lasts for around 30 minutes.
The pain can be cramping or constant and can feel dull or sharp.
If you leave gallstones in your gallbladder it can increase the risk of you developing gallbladder cancer .
Also if the gallstones are lodged in a bile duct and causes a blockage it can eventually result in severe and life threatening complications like bile duct inflammation, infection, pancreatitis or cholecystitis.
The way cholelithiasis affects the digestive system is the gallbladder injects the bile into your small intestine and then your main bile duct can become blocked by the crystaline stones.
When this happens it can cause pressure, nausea and pain, especially after eating.
Gallstones can also cause sudden pain in your upper right abdomen which is also called biliary colic or gallbladder attack.
Cholelithiasis pain does sometimes come and go and can last for a few minutes to several hours.
Cholelithiasis can also be triggered by a fatty meal and while the pain with cholelithiasis most often strikes in your upper right side below your rib cage some people can have stinging pain that is similar to GERD or heartburn in their upper middle abdomen.
Cholelithiasis is an emergency if you have a fever or the symptoms such as vomiting or nausea lasts longer than 2 hours.
Cholelithiasis is considered to be very serious as the gallstones lodge in the bile duct and can cause a blockage which eventually leads to severe and life threatening complications such as inflammation of the gallbladder, cholecystitis, pancreatitis and bile duct inflammation and infection.
If left untreated it can also increase your risk of gallbladder cancer.
When you have cholelithiasis the stalled flow of bile can make infections in the gallbladder more likely.
A blockage that occurs anywhere in your biliary system can also cause bile to back up into the liver and cause liver disease.
It will also cause inflammation in the liver and lead to an increased risk of infection and long term liver scarring over time.
You can fix cholelithiasis through surgery such as an open cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, oral dissolution therapy, shock wave lithotripsy and Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
The main cause of cholelithiasis which is also known as gallstones is too much cholesterol, bile salts, or bilirubin.
Cholelithiasis or gallstones occur and form when bile that is stored in your gallbladder hardens into stone like material.
When the gallstones are in the gallbladder itself it is called cholelithiasis.
The problems that can occur years after gallbladder removal is post cholecystectomy syndrome which can cause fatty food intolerance, nausea, vomiting, flatulence, indigestion, diarrhea, jaundice, heartburn and intermittent episodes of abdominal pain.
Losing weight will not fix gallstones although it may prevent future gallstones.
Gallstones and gallbladder problems can cause weight gain as well as constipation.
Gallbladder surgery is very urgent when you have a severe infection or a rupture of the gallbladder.
Gallbladder surgery takes around 30 minutes to 45 minutes and around an hour or two of recovery times and also one to two hours of preoperative preparation.
Apple cider vinegar helps gallbladder pain due to the Malic acid which is a compound found in apples that helps to soften and dissolve gallstones and the acetic acid and other acids that are in the vinegar help to reduce cholesterol production in your liver.
The length of time you can go with gallstones and inflammation of gallbladder is 48 hours to 72 hours.
Postponing the gallbladder surgery increases the risk of complications and a longer hospital stay.
The point at which you need gallstones to be removed is when you experience repeated gallstone attacks and when the pain from the gallstones are severe, you have complications like inflammation of your gallbladder or your pancreas.
Gallbladder removal does sometimes cause belly fat as gallbladder removal can cause changes in your diet and can lead to an increase in the stomach size as the body adjusts to a new diet.
Foods that cause gallbladder stones and trigger the gallbladder are Pizza, Cream based foods, baked goods, white flour, eggs, full fat dairy foods, fatty or processed meats and fried foods.
The liver comes first and then the gallbladder.
The gallbladder stores bile from the liver and the liver sends the bile to the gallbladder.
Your gallbladder is located right underneath your liver.
The area of liver that is not covered by peritoneum is the bare area of the liver that is found on the posterosuperior surface of your right lobe of your liver which lies close to the thoracic diaphragm.
5 examples of retroperitoneal organs are the kidneys, rectum, Ureter, descending colon and the Ascending colon.
Other organs that are retroperitoneal organs are the Aorta, Duodenum, Inferior vena cava, Adrenal gland and the Esophagus.
The retroperitoneal space is bounded by the posterior parietal peritoneum anteriorly and the lumbar spine posteriorly.
The retroperitoneal space contains the kidneys, adrenal glands, pancreas, nerve roots, lymph nodes, abdominal aorta, and inferior vena cava.
Intraperitoneal organs are the organs having a mesentery, such as the stomach, small intestine (jejunum and ileum), transverse colon, liver and gallbladder.
The difference between peritoneal and retroperitoneal is.
Intraperitoneal: peritonealized organs having a mesentery, such as the stomach, small intestine (jejunum and ileum), transverse colon, liver and gallbladder.
Retroperitoneal: organs without a mesentery and associated with posterior body wall, such as the aorta, inferior vena cava, kidneys and suprarenal glands.
The kidneys are called retroperitoneal because the kidneys sit behind a lining in your abdominal cavity, unlike all the other abdominal cavities.
The pancreas is called a retroperitoneal organ because it has no specific delineating anatomical structures and they have peritoneum on their anterior side only.
The human pancreas plays a big role in digestion and is located inside the abdomen, just behind the stomach.
Your pancreas is about the size of your hand.
During digestion, the pancreas makes pancreatic juices called enzymes.
These enzymes break down sugars, fats, and starches.
If you have a cancerous tumor on your pancreas you will usually live for around a year after diagnoses without treatment.
With treatment you may live for up to 5 years with the cancerous pancreas tumor.
Not all tumors on the pancreas are cancer so you may live a long life with the non cancerous tumor but the cancerous tumor can be and is deadly.
You can survive a pancreatic tumor if the tumor is caught soon enough and treated.
However without treatment you will die much sooner from the pancreatic tumor if it's cancerous and even with treatment you can still survive but not for too long.
You can remove a tumor from the pancreas through surgery and the whipple procedure.
Sometimes if a pancreatic NET is small, just the tumor itself is removed.
This is called enucleation. This operation may be done using a laparoscope, so that only a few small cuts on the belly are needed.
This operation may be all that is needed to treat an insulinoma.
A tumor on the pancreas can be either serious and cancerous or not serious and non cancerous.
Not all tumors on the pancreas turn out to be cancer and some tumors on the pancreas are harmless but even so you should get checked out.
If the tumor on your pancreas is cancerous then it's serious as it can be fatal if not removed or treated.