A 44-year-old member asked:

What leads to obstructive jaundice(distal cbd obstruction) secondary to choledocholithias with cholangitis?

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Dr. Ronit Sugaranswered

General Surgery 40 years experience

Usually a gallstone: Usually a gallstone causing obstruction of the common bile duct can cause sudden painful jaundice, sometimes with associated cholangitis (infection of the bile) This requires drainage and extraction of the stone from the common bile duct with a procedure call ERCP. Other causes can be tumors causing obstruction, which is more often painless and gradual.

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A 53-year-old male asked:

Can one episode of Cholangitis and a short duration of bile duct obstruction (Choledocolithiasis) cause liver cirrhosis? The patient is my brother who otherwise had no liver issue in the past. He is non-alcoholic. His LFTs are now normal post ERCP?

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A 24-year-old male asked:

How long does it take to become jaundice after obstruction?

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A 31-year-old male asked:

Hello dr.Why jaundice in gastric outlet obstruction?

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A 51-year-old male asked:

I had obstructive jaundice caused by CBD obstruction from gallstone. It took me 25 days for Ercp and my jaundice lasted for 25 days (total bilirubin 1.8). The levels came back to normal after Ercp but will 25 days of jaundice cause liver cirrhosis?

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A 47-year-old male asked:

Does a jaundice from a bile duct obstruction of a gallstone cause visible symptoms like yellowing of the eyes/skin or does the jaundice in this case tend to remain silent while abdominal pain etc act as more common symptoms?

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I had a mild upper right abdominal pain, an ultrasound report showed the presence of a stone in my CBD but no jaundice or acute cholangitis yet. Does this indicate that though a stone is there but it is not obstructing the bile flow yet?

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Can even a partial Cbd obstruction from a gallstone cause symptoms like Jaundice or Acute Cholangitis?

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I've had slight abdominal discomfort which suggested a routine ultrasound and it was found out that I've a stone in my bile duct, but it's not causing major symptoms like cholangitis or jaundice. Should I consider ERCP to remove stone or wait?

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Mild abdominal pain, ultrasound suggested a stone in CBD. No jaundice and LFTs normal. Getting ERCP soon. Just want to know, since there is no jaundice and only mild abdominal pain, does it mean the obstruction is not causing harm to the liver yet?

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Four months ago my brother had a CBD obstruction caused by a gallstone and as a result also had a single episode of mild Cholangitis. He got his gallbladder removed and ERCP is done. Will his liver recover from the damage of those two conditions?

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