Cholelithiasis: causes, dangers, treatment
The formation of stones in the bile ducts is called gallstone disease in medical circles. It is worth noting that in recent years this disease has become quite common, especially in developed countries. In turn, in Russia, about six hundred thousand operations are performed annually to remove the gallbladder, which is not much behind the operations to remove the appendix in popularity.
Why are gallstones formed?
Bile of a healthy person consists of two components: bile acids and cholesterol, and is based on the balance of their interaction. When the balance of this balance is imbalanced, that is, with an increase in cholesterol levels or a decrease in the amount of bile acids, stones begin to form on the membrane inside the gallbladder from excess cholesterol. An imbalance between the internal components of bile is most often triggered by improper nutrition.
Another reason for the occurrence of gallstone disease lies behind the eternal desire of young women and girls to lose weight. However, many of them do not even suspect that most of the newfangled diets leading to dramatic weight loss are far from the last factor that predisposes to stone formation in the gallbladder.
Often, treatment of gallstone disease may be required for those girls and women who are taking or were taking hormonal contraceptives of the first generation.
Also, an increase in the formation of gallstones is inextricably linked with aging, since with age the level of cholesterol in bile rises, and by the age of 70-75, according to statistics, already about 20% of men and about 35% of women come to medical institutions for a therapeutic , or surgical treatment of gallstone disease .
In addition, treatment of gallstone disease is necessary for people in whose body a favorable environment has been formed. A similar environment is formed in the event of a violation of the motor function of the gallbladder (during fasting, after pregnancy, etc.), when it is not able to fully empty itself several times a day and cannot get rid of the accumulated mucus and bile. In such a situation, stagnation of bile occurs, which in turn thickens, becomes viscous, and stones can easily form from it.
Treatment of gallstone disease: what happens if you start it?
There are cases when colic does not go away for more than five hours, as if indicating that an infection has begun to develop in the gallbladder itself. As a rule, such attacks are accompanied by fever. If you ignore such sure signs of infection, you can bring the body to the development of acute cholecystitis, which, in turn, may well lead to gangrene of the gallbladder, bladder perforation and the development of inflammation of the abdominal cavity.
If you ignore the symptoms of the presence of gallstones, postpone treatment of gallstone disease , then poisoning of the body with the constituent parts of bile may occur, due to their absorption into the blood, and jaundice or acute pancreatitis may develop. And the result of repeated colic can be the development of chronic cholecystitis.
And, of course, do not forget that against the background of a chronic infection on the walls of the gallbladder from excess bile, a "porcelain" gallbladder can develop, which often leads to cancer of the gallbladder.
Relatively recently (about 6 years ago), but already managed to establish itself as the most effective drug today, which is really capable of replacing surgery for stones in the gallbladder, it is Bilirum. Its action is aimed at normalizing the chemical composition of bile and painless splitting (dissolution) of stones in the gallbladder and bile ducts. The main thing is not to start the disease so that the operation does not become the only way out for you in this situation.
