Question 1

what causes the gallbladder to collapse?

Accepted Answer

It's empty: The gallbladder largely functions as a bag that concentrates bile made in the liver.  Between meals, bile flows from the liver into the bile duct, and it is "sucked" into the gallbladder where it is concentrated between 8-20 x.  When you eat, various stimuli including cck release stimulate gallbladder contaction, and the concentrated bile is then emptied into the small intestine to mix with food.

Question 2

my gallbladder is collapsed, why did this happen?

Accepted Answer

This is normal: the GB stores bile that is made by the liver. In response to a fatty meal, the GB squeezes and empties the bile into the intestines to help digest your food. A collapsed GB just means that it has recently emptied, probably after a meal. Conversely, a distended or full GB is common when fasting.

Question 3

what happens if your lung collapses?

Accepted Answer

See a doctor, urgent: A collapsed lung (pneumothorax) is due to an air leak from the inside of the lung through the covering of the lung, out into the space between the lung and the ribs. The site of the leak has some damage, which will heal itself later. But the leak may continue, with leaked air filling the rib cage (chest cavity), pushing on the heart and collapsed lung...Causing death. Pneumothorax is an emergency!

Question 4

what causes a collapses lung?

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Somewhere a hole.: Lung collapses because air leaks into the chest cavity through a hole in the lung or in the chest wall, or a fluid such as blood or serum leaks into the chest cavity and compresses the lung. 

In tall young healthy males this sometimes occurs spontaneously.  Happens with obstructive lung disease and of course with trauma and severe lung disease or mechanical ventilation.

Question 5

what is blastocyst collapse?

Accepted Answer

Not a common: terminology.  Perhaps it means when an early embryo does not survive and collapses/shrinks.

Question 6

what does a collapsed ovary mean?

Accepted Answer

Don't know: not a medical term (? collapsed cyst)

Question 7

what is a collapsed gallbladder mean?

Accepted Answer

It depends: You are probably referring to a 'contracted' gallbladder.  This can occur physiologically after a high fat meal or subsequent to intravenous hormone stimulation whereby the gallbladder empties and becomes smaller.  The second situation is when the gallbladder is diseased - especially when there has been inflammation and scarring, and the gallbladder becomes smaller - i.e.  Contracted.

Question 8

what is the cause of sudden kidney collapse?

Accepted Answer

Cause of AKI: Acute renal failure or acute kidney injury (AKI) can be due to several causes including severe dehydration, bleeding, intake of nephrotoxins (medications or chemicals), obstruction of urine flow from both kidneys (e.g. enlarged prostate, retroperitoneal fibrosis), acute inflammation of kidneys (i.e. glomerulonephritis), infection of the kidneys (i.e. pyelonephritis), and much more.

Question 9

what is a collapsed gallbladder and what are its causes?

Accepted Answer

Healthy!: The gallbladder's function is to empty it's contents into the intestinal tract in response to eating.  A healthy gallbladder will empty almost-completely and may appear contracted or collapsed on ultrasound.  It is harder to see gallstones on ultrasound when the gallbladder is contracted. Therefore, it is best to have an ultrasound after a period of fasting when looking for gallstones.

Question 10

what do you suggest if my gallbladder is collapsed, why?

Accepted Answer

Can be normal: The gallbladder empties some after eating &amp; would appear "collapsed" on an ultrasound. Were gallstones seen? Review the results with your doctor who ordered the test.

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