Gallstone Disease – Where Does Gallstone Come From?
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Millions of people heard the name "gallstone" and the disease, but itis still full of mystery.There are people who have big stones inside their small gallbladder,but don't even know they have them and experience no symptoms.However, once it starts raging, some organs of the body like theliver and pancreas will be damaged.Many patients are left unaware that they are having gallstones.Besides, the disease is always being discovered or detected late.Even during a full physical examination or general checkup, findinggallstone symptoms usually fails. What is the reason behind it?
## CAUSES
Do you believe that people who watch TV more than 40 hours a weekhave a higher risk of developing gallstone than those who watch lessthan six hours a week? Does it link to obesity and lack of exercise?What is the reason and cause behind this mystery? This was thequestion asked and surveyed in the US. The bile (a digestive fluidstored in the gallbladder) is prone to gallstones and doctors believeit as the cause.Lipid-based diet contains the highest amount of cholesterol, and webelieve that it is the major cause of gallstones. Cholesterol in thebile and increasing amount of cholesterol in the gallbladder is themajor cause to gallstone problem.
## SYMPTOMS
Many cases of gallstone are asymptomatic as long as the gallstonesare inside the gallbladder. But once the gallstones are outside thegallbladder, they will start to roll around and get stuck along theducts, which will cause various symptoms. This is called agallbladder disease. Sick bile flow causes chronic inflammation andsevere pain occurs.Liver damage may also occur by the similar reason. In some cases,hepatitis and cirrhosis may also occur. Worst-case scenario,stagnating bile bacteria may grow in the entire body leadingto "septicemia".In addition to the common bile duct, obstruction of the outlet of thepancreatic exocrine system can cause "pancreatitis".Most patients who underwent surgical operation for the removal ofgallstones have had no signs or symptoms excepting sudden severepain. Also, many may notice that these patients had undergone generalcheckup yearly or every six months at reputable hospitals. But whydoctors failed to find or diagnose or explain the existence ofgallstones? Most doctors will inspect or diagnose it if youspecifically requested it to check for symptoms. It is a commonpractice.
## RADIOGRAPHIC (X-RAY) TESTS AND ECHOCARDIOGRAM
General checkup and X-ray are commonly performed on chest, and thegallbladder section is not taken most of the time. Also, you shouldknow that X-ray does not usually indicate the presence of gallstoneas it is mostly composed of lipid cholesterol.If you keep or leave the bile at your body temperature, it will formcrystallized cholesterol and will grow bigger overtime forminggallstones. This kind of gallstone can't be shown in X-ray.There are other kinds of gallstone, too, depending on the patients.Some of them can be seen in X-ray.To check the presence of gallstone, regardless of its type and size,echocardiogram is usually being utilized.
## GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION
A certain experiment showed that eating raw eggs or high caloriefoods will increase gallbladder contraction. On the other hand,eating or drinking vegetable juice that does not contain lipid willdecrease gallbladder contraction.If the gallbladder contraction is insufficient or not in a state ofcontraction for a very long time, and the bile has been muchconcentrated, then the gallbladder is seen to be more prone todevelop gallstones.
## CONCLUSION
It does not mean that all of us will be affected by gallstone. Thereare some who never had any symptoms in their lifetime. We call thissilent gallstone, and occasionally, they disappear on their own.Although we do not have any definite records, we believe that nearly70% of us never notice or never experience such symptoms.Do not skip breakfast! We believe that gallstone is mostly made whileyou are sleeping when the gallbladder contraction is insufficient.Breakfast will help the gallbladder to wake up. Irregular meal isalso one cause that leads to gallstone problem.Many believe that too much fat is the main cause of gallstoneproblem, but it is certainly not.According to our experience, if you will leave the gallstones in thegallbladder, X-ray and echocardiogram examinations may not give fullresult. Detection of gallbladder cancer and other diseases may bedelayed.
