Directly under the liver is the digestive organ - the gall bladder. It looks like a hollow pear and is connected to the liver by a system of bile ducts. It accumulates bile and gradually increases the concentration of internal fluid. Gallbladder inflammation is known as cholecystitis. The disease develops differently in everyone. In some it is violent and rapid, then we are talking about acute cholecystitis, in others - slowly and calmly - this is chronic cholecystitis. Sometimes the acute form may eventually become chronic.
Gallbladder inflammation : symptoms and diagnostic methods.
Doctors have long concluded that most often the disease occurs against the background of the course of cholelithiasis. Stones of even small size in the gallbladder can lead to damage to its wall or to difficulties in the outflow of bile. At the same time, patients experience acute pain and do not always suspect that their gall bladder has become inflamed.
The cause of the disease is often an infection. Diagnosis and timely treatment of the disease require immediate hospitalization. So, about 60% of patients with cholecystitis in the gallbladder, in addition to bile, also have an “addition” in the form of Escherichia coli, streptococci or Salmonella. They can get there both with blood flow and from the duodenum 12. Also, the disease can be caused by various kinds of worms (pinworms or roundworms), cat fluke or dysenteric amoeba. You can also get an ailment in the event that the main pancreatic enzymes are thrown into the gallbladder. Often, another disease occurs - pancreatitis. But these are not all the reasons for the appearance of such a pathology as inflammation of the gallbladder, the symptoms of which are accompanied by a deterioration in the general condition of a person. The impetus can be such factors as: biliary duct dyskinesia and various kinds of trauma, congenital deformity, which is diagnosed by ultrasound examination. In addition, tumors of the abdominal cavity, various metabolic disorders and allergic reactions, frequent constipation, a sedentary lifestyle, pregnancy at different periods, and also age-related disorders of the blood supply to this organ can provoke the disease.
The inflammatory process begins due to a violation and improper outflow of bile as a result of damage to the blood vessel wall. The process goes from the inside and extends to the entire thickness of the walls of the gallbladder. Gradually, the walls thicken and become less active and mobile than before. Outflow of bile is impaired and a chronic form of cholecystitis can develop.
If you have inflammation of the gallbladder, the symptoms may be as follows: the appearance of nausea and vomiting, which are accompanied by a feeling of bitterness, rarely yellowness of the skin, sometimes the patient’s body temperature rises. If the form has developed into a chronic one, there is a feeling of pain or constant discomfort in the right hypochondrium, pains can migrate to the right side of the arm or to the right half of the neck or chest, diarrhea can be seen after eating, bloating is frequent.
Inflammation of the gallbladder, treatment with alternative methods. How to relieve gallbladder inflammation?
First, you need to stick to a diet. Various folk methods may also help. Forest mountain ash, which you need to eat for a month and drink tea, will help relieve inflammation. Severe inflammation can relieve the infusion of calendula, which you need to drink during the day in three doses. To do this, you need to fill in 40 g of calendula flowers with 1 liter of boiling water, insist and cool. Take 100-150 g.
Do you have gallbladder inflammation? Symptoms, diagnosis and a doctor’s opinion will confirm the diagnosis. And do not delay the trip to the doctor, as this is a complex systemic disease that requires timely diagnosis and treatment. Timely medical care will help to avoid complications.