what is the best treatment for gall bladder stones?
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(m)\n\nTREATMENT\nIn most instances gallstones cannot be dissolved by medical treatment . The Gall Bladder must be removed along with the stones in it. People have asked me if "Gall Bladder Flush" therapy works. To my knowledge this treatment not effective and I do not recommend it. Doctors cannot ethically use or recommend any treatment unless it is known and proven to be both effective and safe in a significantly large proportion of people. \n\n\nLITHOTRIPSY: Using ultrasonic shock waves to break stones is not a currently accepted form of treatment for Gall Bladder stones. \n\n\nSURGERY: The most effective cure for gall bladder stones is surgery. The classic "old" operation required a big cut, but nowadays most people are treated by Laparoscopic Surgery. \n\n\nLAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY\nThis is currently the treatment of choice for Gall Bladder stones. The Gall Bladder and the stones are removed through small punctures. It is technically possible to remove the stones alone - but this would leave the problem gall bladder behind - which could continue to cause problems or form stones. Removing a diseased gall bladder does not cause any disability. Under normal circumstances, one would not feel the absence of the gall bladder. \n\n\nLAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY \n\n(Removal of the Gall Bladder via key-hole size punctures) \n\n\nThis operation is performed by specially trained surgeons. Special equipment is used to look inside the abdominal cavity ("stomach") with a video camera. The Gall Bladder with its stones are removed through small punctures. \n\n\nA general anaesthetic is required and one has to stay in hospital for about 72 hours. \n\n\nLaparoscopic surgery for gall bladder stones cannot be done in all cases. Some people, whose stones have moved out of the gall bladder into the bile duct may need either an open operation or an additional procedure known as an ERCP. \n\n\nIn addition, it is not technically possible to do a laparoscopic operation at all in some people because of severe inflammation or adhesions between organs. Such patients mat require an open operation. \n\n\nADVANTAGES OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY:\n1. Much less painful, only 3 to 4 stitches are needed. \n\n\n2. Only 2 to 3 days stay in hospital (as little as 1 day in some instances) \n\n\n3. The patient can eat and drink the soon after operation. There usually no need for an intravenous drip to be administered for 2 or 3 days as used to be the case after "open" cholecystectomy - the name used for the operation of removal of a gall bladder through a big cut. \n\n\n4. Normal life can be resumed in about a week. \n\n\n5. Minimal blood loss at surgery.
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Any good multivitamin would be fine. The fact that you don't have a gall bladder doesn't affect that choice.
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first of all, the liver does not get stones.\n\nthe kidney does, but the symptoms of a kidney stone are significantly different from those of a stone in the gall bladder.  not all stones are created equal.\n\nand yes, you can still get gallstones even if the gall bladder is removed.  the bile ducts, that connect your liver (which produces the bile) to your gut (where it's used) are still subject to sludging and, therefore, to stones.\n\nmuch less likely but still possible
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Depends on the type of stones you have, there are 4 major types of kidney stones. Chances are however that NO the pain reliever will not make it worse. Vicodin works very well for pain from kidney stones. If you need something that isn't prescription I suggest Azo Standard or UriStat (both are pyridium drugs and specifically for urinary tract pain).
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Get some fermented mongolian horse milk. Eat some fiber rich meals. To clean out the gallstones and bile ducts, try to find the receipy for epsom salts combined with olive oil. It must be done correctly.
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You really need to go see a regular doctor to have all this evaluated properly.  It should not hurt to eat, and the technician who did the ultrasound is not qualified to make any sort of interpretation of the ultrasound results.  That should have come from a radiologist at the very least, and been gone over with you by the doctor who ordered the test.  It's tough to say if it is actually your gallbladder causing  the problem, since pain from the gallbladder in women usually causes pain in the upper right back, just about the shoulder blade level.  Although a blockage of the duct leading from the gallbladder to the stomach is certainly possible, the time frame after eating is about right,  it may also be treatable.  The blockage would most likely be caused by stones, and some can even be dissolved with medication.  Worst case and you require surgery, removing a gallbladder is not actually that bad anymore.  The best advice I can give you is to  choose a good physician and make an appointment for a full evaluation.  Take all the papers you have now, all the test results, dates, etc, plus a list of any questions you have.  You do not have to continue suffering pain after you eat.  There's nothing to be afraid of, gall bladder problems are common enough and treatable.  If the nurse practitioner isn't willing to help you, find somebody who will.
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That's exactly what my gall bladder attack felt like.  I went to the ER and was told I had a kidney stone.  They sent me home and 4 days later when I was still hurting, I asked my husband to rub my back.  When he started mashing on the right side of my back, the pain immediately moved to the front and I was doubled over in pain. I went back to the ER and found out they were going to have to remove my gall bladder laproscopically.  However, because I went so long without treatment, it turns out they had to do open gall bladder surgery.  You didn't say, is the pain more on your right side?  If so, its a big possibility that it is your gall bladder.  I know from experience that the doctors can misdiagnose the problem at first.  If you are still hurting, go back and have them check it. You want to catch it before it becomes too infected and inflamed. Open gall bladder surgery is very painful and you'll want to aviod it if possible.\n\nHope that was of some help to you.   Good Luck and take care!
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not good for either.  Best thing for kidney stones is plenty of clear fluids NOT CARBONATED.  Gallstones....ewww.  Once you get them, its hard to get rid of them....you don't "pass" them like you would a kidney stone, and the more greasy or oily foods you eat, the worse they are.  More than likely, you'll need to get your gall bladder out.
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Drink more water. Try to drink 12 full glasses of water a day. Drinking lots of water helps to flush away the substances that form stones in the kidneys.\n\nYou can also drink ginger ale, lemon-lime sodas, and fruit juices. But water is best. Limit your coffee, tea, and cola to one or two cups a day because the caffeine may cause you to lose fluid too quickly.\n\nYour doctor may ask you to eat more of some foods and to cut back on other foods. For example, if you have a uric acid stone, your doctor may ask you to eat less meat, because meat breaks down to make uric acid.
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Castor Oil Cleansing works the best for me. I Take four ounces (I know the article says two but four works better) early in the morning and it really works well. Cleans the gallbladder and bile duct too!!! See Sources for explicit details. I usually follow this with a warm water enema or two (Sometimes Coffee enema) I use a fairly easy to obtain Fleet Bagenema it holds 1500ML of water, add a teaspoon of table salt to each one to cut down on absorption. Start out in the knee chest position and then the lest side position. From there go to where it is most comfortable. Try to take in the whole 1500ML and hold it for 10 to 15 minutes. When doing the cleansing be sure to drink at least 8 to 10 ounces of water an hour to stay hydrated and to eat yogurt when you are done. The yogurt puts a good flora in your bowel and is good to add to your diet. I do this once a month and have for years. It has made me far healthier!! The two source sites that promote coffee enemas have good general enema instructions - But some of ther other stuff is a little off the wall!!! Good Luck and Good Health.
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No you don't need surgery. Avoid it if possible.\nStones can be flushed out.\n\n\nCleansing the liver of gallstones dramatically improves digestion, which is the basis of your whole health. You can expect your allergies to disappear, too, more with each cleanse you do! Incredibly, it also eliminates shoulder, upper arm, and upper back pain. You have more energy and an increased sense of well being.\n\nCleaning the liver bile ducts is the most powerful procedure that you can do to improve your body's health. But it should not be done before the parasite program, and for best results should follow the kidney cleanse.\n\nIt is the job of the liver to make bile, 1 to 1½ quarts in a day! The liver is full of tubes (biliary tubing) that deliver the bile to one large tube (the common bile duct). The gallbladder is attached to the common bile duct and acts as a storage reservoir. Eating fat or protein triggers the gallbladder to squeeze itself empty after about twenty minutes, and the stored bile finishes its trip down the common bile duct to the intestine. \n\nThe problem can be solved in one day.\n\nhttp://www.drclark.net/en/drclark_protocol/illnesses/liver_cleanse.php
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I had a really bad case of gall bladder disease. I had about 40 gall stones, but my surgeon was great, and got rid of that bad boy.  After an attack, I would be very, very tired for the rest of the day, and sore particularly in my right shoulder blade for a day or so.  Not weeks. Best thing that ever happened for me physically was having my gall bladder removed.  I feel normal again!
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Gallbladder Removal?\nA friend of mine had her gallbladder taken out. Ever since she has problems digesting food. If I were you and it was not an emergency, I would first look for a gentle solution. \n\nThere are natural solutions to clear out the ducts, stones etc. A naturopathic (NMD, ND) or even a homeopathic physician may be able to help. (Phone book of your area.) You may also want to look in the book Healthy Healing by Linda Rector Page.\n\nDinshah would use the Dinshah colors Lemon and Orange for gallstones. Dinshah was an ingenious physician from India, who healed his first color patient with an indigo colored bottle. The patient was given up to die by his colleagues, but thanks to Dinshah's color treatments, she was up in three days! (About Dinshah Color MedicineTM see www.biochakra.com.)\n\nI like to think about our body of being complete with all organs needed.\n\nMake a wise decision for yourself.\nCordially, India.Magica
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You’ve already been answered correctly by Shannon.  Once the gall stones have been removed, usually the gall bladder is also removed as it usually affected by chronic cholecystitis, and if left in-situ it may lead to recurrence of cholecystitis.  However, certain patients do have a tendency of their bile forming stones by the process of sedimentation.   Now this can only happen after a surgical removal of gall bladder in the CBD (Common Bile Duct) which carries the bile from the liver into an opening in the small intestine (its duodenal part).  IF this CBD is somehow damaged or constricted, stones can start forming in it and may again restart gall colic.  Sometimes the stones, being small as they are, get into the pancreatic duct and may block it, resulting in pancreatitis and its resulting complications.
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There's really nothing else other than surgery, I had my gallbladder removed it's a simple surgery and believe you me it is totally worth it, no more gallbladder attacks.
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Go to your docotr and have tests run....I was doing the same thng but it was food and drinks.....ended up having to have my gallbladder removed.
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kidney stones can be removed by passing them yourself, or by using ultra-sound to shatter them--yet gallstones in the gall bladder can only be removed by taking out the gall bladder to my knowledge- my wife had it done a few months ago--they do it by laporoscopy- just a small incision near the belly button- not major invasive surgery anymore-- maybe i week recovery- just to rest and catch up- any ??-holler back at me- your friend should be fine -don't worry--today- it's only day surgery-after they wake up from the anesthesia- they send them home--not bad at all-really!! don't worry !!!!