Thursday, 19 January 2017

Gall stones

Gallstones are small , hard deposits , made up of cholesterol, calcium salts , and bile pigments called bilirubin, that form in the gallbladder.
The gallbladder is a small, muscular pear shaped organ located under the liver. It stores a greenish yellow fluid secreted by the liver , called bile , required to helps digest and absorb fat. When needed , bile flows from the gallbladder into the small intestine through a passage called the common bile duct . Gallstones can form in or pass into the bile duct. Gallstones in the gallbladder are called cholelithiasis. Gallstones in the common bile duct are called common ducts stones , or choledocholithiasis.
In general, the bile contains dissolved cholesterol. When the bile contains too much cholesterol, it is unavailable to dissolve it all , hence the surplus cholesterol solidifies. These tiny crystals move around in the gallbladder together to form gallstones.
Some illnesses too contribute to gallstones,  diabetes, pancreatitis or heart disease,  obesity or rapid weight loss , high hormonal levels during pregnancy, certain medications like contraceptive pills and certain habits like alcoholism, tobacco and smoking.
Symptoms and Diagnosis.
Symptoms include nausea, tummy upset, hyperacidity and gas  when a gallstones blocks a bile duct, nausea vomiting, chills and fever may begin. There also may be a yellowish tint on skin and whites of the eyes ( jaundice). This shows that infection has progressed to the liver .
Small gallstones don't cause problems or symptoms. Larger gallstones can , as they may obstrut the passageway and cause infection. Typical symptoms include extreme abdominal pain that radiates to the back , chest or in between the shoulder blades .
Your dr. Will conduct a through physical examination, looking for signs of tenderness in the abdomen and jaundice, along with diagnostic tests .
Tests that may be  recommended include blood tests , ultrasound scans and Xray of gallbladder ( cholecystectomy )
A dye test called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatoscopy (ERCP);, or a radioisotopic scan , may also be used to diagnose gallstones in the duct.
Homoeopathic medicines.
Precipitating factors.
Anger.   Staphysagaria
Excess alcohol.  Carduus mar
Jaundice ( obstructive jaundice)
Nux vom
Pain better by
Bending backwards Dioscorea
Bending double. Colocynth
Hot fomentation   Mag phos
Pain worse by
Bread and pastry.  Ant crud
Eating.   Colchicum
Tight clothes.   Lachesis.
Specific  medicine Carduus mar Q /200  drops in half cup of water , twice daily. Note  should not be tak
Dr.G.W. Boericke gives combinations of Cheldonium , Chionanthus and Hydrastis in equal parts I. Drop doses Q
Also Dioscorea Q as helpful and curative .
Gallstones in size from as small as a grain of sand to as large as an tennis ball usually require gall bladder removal surgery, because passage is very thin and narrow only liquid can pass  stones that don't cause any signs and symptoms don't need any treatment.
Causes
Too much cholesterol the excess cholesterol may form into crystals and eventually into stones. Drinking contaminated water cholesterol gallstones often appears yellow color
Pigaments these dark brown or black stone form when bile contains too much bilirubin.
Signs and symptoms
Stones may cause no signs or symptoms. If stones loges in in a duct and causes a blockage this resulting signs and symptoms may include sudden pain in the upper right portion of abdomen.sudden and rapidly intestifing pain in the centre of abdomen just below breastbone, back pain between shoulder nausea vomiting pain may lost few minutes to a few hours
Risk factors
Being female
Over weight or obese
Pregnant
Eating high fat diet like red meat and beaf
Family history diabetes
Taking medications contain Estrogen oral contraceptives or hormone dry therapy
Some more medicines
Berberis excellent for gall stones colic also removal of stones
Belladonna acute stones colic
China for acute pain abdomen bloated with excess gas vomiting undigested foods.
Fel tauris 2x excellent removes the obstruction of gall ducts
Ars alb burning types of pain in abdomen.
LYC 200 mainly starchy food like cabbage patient wants warm food and likes sweets
Merc iod 30 when lump on the bladder enlargement of liver urine smells like muster oil
Nux vom excellent remedy acidity vomiting sour burps weight in the stomach
Prevention
Stop eating red meat beaf butter saturated fats
Eat peanuts and walnuts and almonds
Stop eating sugar

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