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can not eating help gallstone pain?
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Dr. Mark Hoepfner answered
39 years experience General Surgery
Not the best: choice, especially after childbirth. Starvation is a very poor option. Avoid fried, fatty, greasy foods. Eat healthy fruits & vegetables and small amounts of lean meats. That should help the discomfort. See a doctor or a General Surgeon regarding gallbladder surgery.
Answered on Aug 15, 2014
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Dr. Inaam Schneider commented
44 years experience Internal Medicine
Symptomatic gall stones - ones causing pain & heart burn need to come out . Otherwise you are at risk of Gall stone Pancreatitis .' Which is both painful and dangerous and will require long hospitalization .
May 22, 2014
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