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What Causes Silent Gall Bladder Stones?
Question: I am trying to understand in a general way the progressive problem of the gall bladder. If a person starts out with diagnosed "sand" in their gall bladder where the physician treats it with antibiotics because it developed infection, how does one prevent it from worsening to the extent of having it removed altogether?
What are the underlying causes of this problem in general, and how severe are the implications even with removal of the gall bladder?
What are the underlying causes of this problem in general, and how severe are the implications even with removal of the gall bladder?
Brief Answer:
needs surgery for symptomatic stones in gall bladder
Detailed Answer:
Welcome at HCM
I have gone through your query and being your physician I completely understand your health concerns.
For how long u are suffering from it? Any other associated problem? like diabetes or hypertension? do you have any pain in abdomen?
As far as sand in gall bladder is concerned , it needs to be investigated and treated. Normally in case of silent stones where patient is not having any pain it can be left as it is. There is no need of treating it. When it get symptomatic , that is , there is pain and vomiting then it needs surgery in which gall bladder is removed.
I fear there is no such medicine which can dissolve these stones. Once stone develop in gall bladder it can not be dissolved. It remains silent for years in some cases and becomes symptomatic in others. Antibiotics can help in clearing infection but has no affect in the course of disease.
Patients do well after the surgery . You should not be worried about it.
meet your surgeon.
Meanwhile stay calm and use acetaminophen to relieve pain
Get well soon
Hope your query is adequately addressed if you still have any feel free to ask
Regards
Dr Saad Sultan
needs surgery for symptomatic stones in gall bladder
Detailed Answer:
Welcome at HCM
I have gone through your query and being your physician I completely understand your health concerns.
For how long u are suffering from it? Any other associated problem? like diabetes or hypertension? do you have any pain in abdomen?
As far as sand in gall bladder is concerned , it needs to be investigated and treated. Normally in case of silent stones where patient is not having any pain it can be left as it is. There is no need of treating it. When it get symptomatic , that is , there is pain and vomiting then it needs surgery in which gall bladder is removed.
I fear there is no such medicine which can dissolve these stones. Once stone develop in gall bladder it can not be dissolved. It remains silent for years in some cases and becomes symptomatic in others. Antibiotics can help in clearing infection but has no affect in the course of disease.
Patients do well after the surgery . You should not be worried about it.
meet your surgeon.
Meanwhile stay calm and use acetaminophen to relieve pain
Get well soon
Hope your query is adequately addressed if you still have any feel free to ask
Regards
Dr Saad Sultan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
Thank you very much, Dr. XXXXXXX I was inquiring for a friend. He is concerned after some hospitalization and antibiotics that the gall bladder will worsen and require the surgery and lengthy recovery. He had a lot of pain, but that has subsided, perhaps with the antibiotics.
This was his concern that surgery is inevitable even if laproscopically, and possibly with a long recovery and even complications?
About the silent problem, if it is silent, how does any one of use know whether we have it or not?
This was his concern that surgery is inevitable even if laproscopically, and possibly with a long recovery and even complications?
About the silent problem, if it is silent, how does any one of use know whether we have it or not?
Brief Answer:
Require upto 5 days of hospital stay
Detailed Answer:
welcome at HCM
I appreciate your follow up.
For surgery of gall bladder, he needs at most up to five days in hospital. Normally hospital stay does not get longer than this. Stay calm and follow your surgeon advice
Silent stones get incidentally diagnosed on ultrasound scan done for any other purpose.
hope it helps
Regards
Dr XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Require upto 5 days of hospital stay
Detailed Answer:
welcome at HCM
I appreciate your follow up.
For surgery of gall bladder, he needs at most up to five days in hospital. Normally hospital stay does not get longer than this. Stay calm and follow your surgeon advice
Silent stones get incidentally diagnosed on ultrasound scan done for any other purpose.
hope it helps
Regards
Dr XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Deepak
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