Health is the value of any person. It must be protected. With the development of medicine and the development of effective medicines, this becomes a simple procedure available to most people. But visiting a doctor can be avoided if you adhere to the rules of prevention, know about the causes and consequences of diseases, be able to recognize symptoms in advance. All you need is reliable information and love for your body. This article will focus on congestive gallbladder changes and related complications, as they are almost the most common reason for surgical interventions.
If you do not worry about the state of the gallbladder and liver in time, this can lead to the appearance of stones, stagnation of the yellow fluid, block its functions and, accordingly, harm the digestive system and the body as a whole. Stagnation in the gallbladder is quite common, and often it is from them that more dangerous diseases begin. Among other equally hazardous risk factors are hormonal contraceptives, pregnancy, and smoking. That is, those factors that affect the hormonal balance.
Bile
Anyone with bile in their mouth is bitter.
So says the popular wisdom.
The gall bladder is an organ adjacent to the liver and involved in digestion. The main function of the gallbladder and bile, respectively, is the regulation of food processing. Firstly, under its influence in the process of the gastrointestinal tract, gastric juice ceases to act. Food passes into the intestinal tract. Secondly, bile actively promotes the absorption of split fats, vitamins and amino acids. It neutralizes pepsin, which is dangerous for pancreatic enzymes, and supports the action of these same enzymes. Unlike the kidneys, it is able to filter out certain substances (cholesterol) and remove them from the body. Moreover, it is involved in the process of digestion and absorption of proteins. Thirdly, bile has bactericidal properties, manifests itself in the fight against helminth infections and helps in removing drug residues from the body.
It is contained in a bubble with a capacity of approximately 40 ml in the form of a thick concentrate. When the digestive process occurs, it moves in the right quantities along the duct into the duodenum. With its insufficient or excess, diseases develop.
Reason to worry
Symptoms of congestive gallbladder overlap with other features of the problematic digestive system, in particular the liver. Common symptoms of the disorder:
- Dark brown pigment spots in the forehead, eyes and eyebrows. With age, they appear on the back of the palms. The connection between facial features and internal organs was revealed by doctors of the Ancient East. Therefore, if some parts of the face are not harmonious with others, it is worth paying special attention to this. Face skin, like litmus paper, reacts to the state of the body.
- Vertical wrinkles, acne or hair between the eyebrows.
- Green or dark skin tones in the temporal part of the head, increased porosity, acne. Whiskey is a projection of the bile duct itself.
- Fat forehead. If the gallbladder and liver are not functioning properly, fat processing is difficult. Therefore, they accumulate and appear on the skin. The unusual color of the forehead may indicate intoxication.
- Hair loss in the central region of the head. Hormonal imbalance is often accompanied by temporary baldness, and if it is the endocrine system, hair loss becomes faster.
- Hardening of the tip of the nose or bending to the left. The liver and gall bladder are located on the right side of the body, so a curved nose indicates their insufficiency. Hardening occurs due to the chronic weakness of these organs and hardening of the arteries.
- Yellowed bags under the eyes. A sign of the accumulation of bilirubin, for the regulation of which bile is responsible. This may be a symptom of jaundice, and it usually accompanies such disorders.
- White or yellow spots in the whites of the eyes, fatigue.
- Tongue with white or yellow coating. Sign of jaundice, indigestion or overgrowth of yeast.
- Cracks in the tongue. One of the most dangerous symptoms, as it causes pain when chewing food, and the risk of accumulation of pus in the crack increases.
- Cough with mucus. Indicates irritation of the esophagus.
- Bad breath.
- Frequent burping.
- Cortical formations in the corners of the mouth. A sign of malnutrition and the development of bacteria.
- Dark spots on the lips.
- Tooth problems. Food imbalance.
Common disorders and their causes
Before analyzing congestion in the gallbladder, you need to pay attention to other probable diseases. Among them are the formation of stones, cholecystitis and cancer. When the gallbladder stops working normally, the bile ducts are blocked, this can cause a lot of pain and discomfort. Gallbladder cancer is very rare, but can go to neighboring parts of the body and cause fatal consequences. Sometimes symptoms are almost impossible to identify without a medical examination, as well as the causes of stagnation. For this, there is psychosomatics - a science that evaluates diseases from a psychological point of view. Stresses, negative experiences, personality conflicts - all this can be the cause of the development of diseases. Which of these precedes digestive upsets?
The psychosomatic causes of liver disorders and the causes of congestion in the gallbladder are directly related to their functions: metabolism, elimination of poisons and filtering food. All these processes have something in common with the ability to evaluate and perceive information, sift out the unnecessary and be moderate. As a rule, problems in the liver area are associated with an overabundance or lack of something in the spiritual sense. For example, chronic anger, resentment, complaints and grievances, high expectations, irritability can become dangerous. As for the gallbladder and congestive bile in it, psychosomatics explains them this way: a person experiences too much anger and pride, envy and helpless aggression, does not give them a way out. They accumulate like stones and need to be disposed of. Not in vain in most tales, the evil stepmothers die due to bile.
To get rid of possible complications, a person first of all needs to deal with himself. Preventive measures, diets and examinations - these are sure ways to prevent the disease, but they are not enough in a situation of psychological distress. Firstly, one cannot restrain the negativity in oneself and be afraid to express dissatisfaction; one must learn to transform them into energy and direct oneself for good. Every concealed envy, jealousy, and hatred can hurt the liver and gall bladder, so they need to be removed along with the rest of the waste. There are enough books, trainings and lessons to control the negative. And they really can help.
I witnessed how, after cleansing the subconscious from aggressive thoughts, quite large stones disappeared without a trace.
Valery Sinelnikov, "Love your disease."
Stones
Gallstones are small, hardened accumulations of cholesterol. Usually they remain unattended and do not cause any particular inconvenience; a person may feel neither pain nor pain. But if they gradually increase in size, there is a risk. One of the large stones can enter the channel through which the yellow liquid moves and block it. This leads to a sudden stitching pain in the right hypochondrium, since bile accumulates in the bladder in even larger volumes and cannot fully perform its functions. Digestive processes are disturbed.
Colic is mostly disturbing after eating fatty foods and is accompanied by increased sweating. The pain does not go away within 1-5 hours, even after a toilet and nausea. Ultrasound and blood tests are used to diagnose stones. To solve the problem, you need either a laser operation to remove individual clusters, or a surgical operation to excise the entire gallbladder. It is not an indispensable organ, so that after removal, the body can function adequately.
Cholecystitis
A more dangerous blockage of the bile duct can develop into cholecystitis: acute or chronic. With this disease, the intestinal microflora ceases to be controlled by a disinfecting bile and harms the organs. Symptoms are similar to common signs of digestive disorders. Acute cholecystitis is characterized by sharp and severe pain for 6-12 hours, which is accompanied by vomiting and fever. Typically, cholecystitis is due to the presence of stones, but also sometimes occurs after significant surgery, infections, or with a weak immune system. Inflammation can become so severe that it will rupture the gallbladder. Among other possible complications: infections, tumors, damage to neighboring tissues.
Congestive bile in the gallbladder
This problem is a disorder in which cholesterol, calcium, bilirubin and other compounds accumulate in the gallbladder. They block the bile ducts and contribute to tissue destruction. Signs of congestive gallbladder may not appear immediately, but may, on the contrary, resemble symptoms of acute chronic diseases. And stagnation in itself is not a disease, but a previous condition for more dangerous consequences. Stagnation can be due to both the physical and moral condition of a person. As mentioned above, accumulated anger and a suppressed negative attitude towards others can transform into stones. Also, the cause may be kink of the bladder, ulcer, inflammation, neoplasm and deformation - physical damage.
Stagnation is caused by a hormonal imbalance in the body. It can occur with malnutrition and impaired metabolism, such as the abuse of fatty foods.
Symptoms of congestive gallbladder
80% of people who are prone to this do not have vivid symptoms. The disease can go away on its own or develop slowly without external signs. It is possible to detect stagnation of the gallbladder in the early stages only with the help of ultrasound, but there are a number of characteristic things that indicate emerging problems. Among them are pain in the shoulders and abdomen. They usually begin after eating, if the gall bladder is damaged, appear sharply and last a long time. The pain is severe, prolonged and not releasing. Attacks may last for a week or subside for several years. Nausea, vomiting, sweating, chills, and fever are usually associated with colic. The appearance of chronic diarrhea and bloating, jaundice and darkening of the urine. A yellow substance called bilirubin, which is usually excreted from bile, enters the bloodstream in the event of stagnation. With congestive gall bladder, there is an increase in heart rate, low blood pressure and severe, inexorable pain in the abdomen.
It is important to detect the digestive system disorder in time and consult a doctor.
Diagnosis and treatment
It is worth visiting a doctor immediately if there are acute symptoms of congestion in the gallbladder:
- Prolonged pain in the upper right chest.
- Fever, nausea, or vomiting.
- Changes in urine.
To diagnose and prescribe treatment for congestive gallbladder, ultrasound and computed tomography are often used, tests to study the bile ducts, which contain dyes. Blood tests can be used to detect signs of infection, inflammation, pancreatitis, or other complications.
Effective treatment involves a special balanced diet before and after surgery, but there are also homemade, folk remedies for eliminating stagnation, stones or acute cholecystitis. In this case, decoctions of herbs that activate the bile ducts are used. Among them are aloe, eleutherococcus, yarrow, immortelle flowers. Flushing of the bile ducts with a drinkable solution of magnesia powder in water and a heating pad is popular. But as advertisers and doctors like to remind:
Self-medication can harm your health.
Other methods of treatment are aimed at the use of chemicals:
| Antibiotics | An infection may be present during cholecystitis. Antibiotics can prevent its spread |
| Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy | Used to help prevent cancer from returning after overcoming |
| Ursodeoxycholic acid | Dissolves small gallstones of cholesterol and alleviates symptoms |
| Shock Wave Lithotripsy | Waves penetrate the abdominal wall and destroy gallstones. Lithotripsy works best if only a small number of stones are present. |
| Contact dissolution | One of the rarest methods. A needle is inserted through the skin and the chemicals introduced dissolve the stagnant contents in the gallbladder |
Operation and life without the gall bladder
Removal of congestive gallbladder - treatment is not so rare in surgery. As a rule, the patient manages to return home on the day of surgery. The preparation includes a set of medical studies to find contraindications, and if the test is successful, the body is cleansed with an enema and anesthesia. Next is the operation itself.
When treating congestive bile in the gallbladder, it is recommended to follow a low-fat diet before and after surgery. Some side effects after it - dyspepsia, bloating, flatulence, diarrhea - can be mitigated by avoiding caffeinated drinks and spicy or fatty foods. You also need to observe moderate physical activity for a month, take care of postoperative wounds and listen to your condition: are there any complications?
Since the gallbladder is not an important organ, a person can lead a normal life without it. Bile can travel through other ducts in the liver, rather than being stored in it. Gallbladder congestion is a symptom of something more, not a full-fledged disease.
Prevention and Diet
The most susceptible to gallbladder disorders are women, people over 40, patients with poor heredity, Mexican Americans, and obese people. Typically, the causes of congestive gall bladder are associated with insufficient immunity and improper diet.
Taking care of your health is important: you need to maintain adequate weight, control nutrition, enrich your diet with fiber and eat less fatty foods. It is recommended that you eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and foods such as wholemeal bread and pasta. You should avoid salty foods, fatty and fried meat. Do not eat peanut and vegetable oils, creamy sauces.
In order to avoid problems with the liver and congestive gall bladder, nutritionists recommend having such products in the diet:
- Lean beef. The best parts are low fat fillets and wings. You need to eat them in limited quantities, but this is the best meat for such a diet.
- Domestic bird. Cutting visible fat from turkey or chicken is easy.
- Sea food. The most useful options are: crab, lobster, shrimp, shellfish, tuna, sardines, salmon. To minimize fat content, you should bake or fry fish with lemon juice or fresh herbs.
- Sweet pepper, citrus fruits, dark, leafy greens, tomatoes, milk, low-fat dairy products, beans, nuts, lentils, tofu.
Many of these foods contain vitamins C, calcium, or B vitamins, which are also beneficial. It is believed that consuming more vegetable protein can also help prevent gallbladder congestion. Foods such as beans, nuts, lentils, tofu and tempe (soy) are excellent alternatives to red meat, which is not recommended for consumption.
Gallbladder problems can become painful and in some cases dangerous. Eating the right foods and avoiding the wrong ones, namely those that are high in fat, can help improve and maintain a healthy digestive system. And the treatment of congestive gallbladder will not take up precious time and money. Ultimately, a healthy gallbladder diet will benefit overall body health.