Symptoms and treatment of chronic calculous cholecystitis

In medicine, chronic calculous cholecystitis is understood as inflammation of the gallbladder itself with the presence of stones in it. This disease is currently relatively common. In this article, we will talk about what its primary signs are and how chronic calculous cholecystitis is treated . According to experts, the formation of stones is facilitated by the violation of lipid and pigment exchanges, as well as various kinds of inflammatory processes in the organ itself.

It can be argued that the concept of this ailment is closely related to cholelithiasis. The latter is spoken of if stones were found directly in the bubble itself. Their formation occurs, as already noted above, due to a violation of certain metabolic processes, as well as due to a change in the composition of bile. As for the issue of chronic calculous cholecystitis, it is mainly diagnosed against the background of an acute disease that has already been experienced. This situation is familiar to many who did not manage to undergo competent therapy with specialists.

Chronic calculous cholecystitis. Symptoms

First of all, it should be noted that patient complaints may depend on the severity of the inflammatory process itself. So, some note severe pain. On the other hand, in the absence of exacerbation, complaints are insignificant (bitterness in the mouth, regular feeling of heaviness in the zone of the right hypochondrium). It is noteworthy that pain often radiates to the lower back.

If this disease is suspected, the doctor must prescribe a full examination, which, in addition to standard blood and urine tests, may contain items such as:

• ultrasound (allows you to accurately identify the thickening of the walls of the gallbladder, an increase in its volume);
• endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (necessary to determine the condition of the bile ducts and the presence of so-called calculi in them);
• computed tomography (allows you to identify the existing expansion of the bile ducts, as well as an increase in lymph nodes).

At the moment, according to leading doctors of the world, the most effective method of treatment is surgical. It is proved that attempts to dissolve stones with this ailment through the use of certain groups of drugs are most often ineffective. In addition, crushing stones using special ultrasonic distance lithotripsy with further removal of the resulting fragments through the duodenum is possible only in some patients. The thing is that over time, new stones can form. Only the surgical method can completely solve this problem.