Question 1

can antibiotics help with gallbladder disease?

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Rarely: Studies of people with gallbladder disease show that the bile is infected only 15% of the time;  the inflammation, when present, is usually do to a chemical-type irritation by the contents in the bile.  Since we don't know who's bile is infected, we treat all people with acute gallbladder problems with IV antibiotics when hospitalized.

Question 2

is a gallbladder sludge considered a gallbladder disease?

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Yes if there's pain.: Pain after eating, anywhere in the upper abdomen, especially with fatty foods, may be cholecystitis. This is true if stones are present, called "cholelithiasis with cholecystitis." sometimes when the gall bladder ultrasound is "normal", i.e. There are no stones, the gall bladder doesn't empty properly (seen on cck hida). This can also be true with sludge. In all cases, surgery relieves the pain.

Question 3

is constipation a common sign gallbladder disease?

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No: Gall bladder disease is more commonly associated with nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

Question 4

hi. can u find gallbladder disease in a normal random blood test?

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Not specifically.: You can infer gallbladder pathology at times by relevant symptoms combined with some abnormalities in blood testing, but imaging studies are really required to make sure - ultrasound, HIDA scan, MRCP, ERCP.

Question 5

could gallbladder disease cause low grade fevers over a couple months? highest has been 99.7

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Yes: Chronic cholycystitis can cause a low grade fever, but unlikely if there are no other abdominal symptoims.

Question 6

how likely is dying from gallbladder disease?

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Not very high: Chance of dying from gallstones, unless you let it go untreated for many years.  Rarely, you can develop cancer of the gallbladder, which is a serious condition with high chance of dying.

Question 7

how to help the symptoms of gallbladder disease?

Accepted Answer

Cholecystectomy: Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) remains the "gold standard" for treatment of gallbladder disease.  It is a safe, usually simple operation, typically performed via minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery, with discharge home the same day and a return to normal activities within 7-10days.  While there are methods to dissolve gallstones, they fail because the stones return.

Question 8

what are the main symptoms of gallbladder disease?

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Abdominal bloating: Upper midline abdominal bloating which is episodic and oftern food related is the most common symptom.  As the ouside of the gall bladder becomes inflamed, the pain is often referred to the right subcostal area.  Diarrhea and nausea often occur.  As the disease progresses fever, jaundice, chills can occur.  Ultrasound will make the diagnosis.

Question 9

what are the chronic gallbladder disease symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Classic symptoms: Are epigastric and right upper quadrant abdominal pain, starting two or three hours after a heavy or fatty meal, with radiation to right shoulder blade, lasting six to eight hours, in a forty year old plump woman with multiple births.  But hardly anyone has all, or even any, of the the classic symptoms.

Question 10

what is the definition or description of: gallbladder diseases?

Accepted Answer

Gallbladder diseases: =  various inflammatory, functional, metabolic, and neoplastic pathologic entities that can affect the gallbladder.

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