Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - Indigestion
…caffeine * Eating fatty or greasy foods * Drinking too much alcohol * Tobacco smoking * Eating spicy foods * Emotional trauma or nervousness * Cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) * Acute or chronic gastritis (inflammation of the stomach) * Acute or chronic pancreatitis (inflammation of the…
Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - Chronic cholecystitis
Chronic cholecystitis Definition Chronic cholecystitis is long-standing swelling and irritation of the gallbladder. Alternative Names Cholecystitis - chronic Causes Chronic cholecystitis is caused by repeated mild attacks of acute cholecystitis. This leads to thickening of the walls of the gallbladder… related searches:open cholecystectomy | hida scan | gallbladder surgery
Symptoms
…leads to continued inflammation and pain known as acute cholecystitis. This situation is similar to acute appendicitis although the gallbladder is not as likely to rupture as the appendix is. Typically, patients with acute cholecystitis have large gallstones. They are much sicker than patients… related searches:gallbladder | clay colored stool | gallbladder surgery
Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - Acute cholecystitis (Gallstones)
Acute cholecystitis (Gallstones) Definition Acute cholecystitis is a sudden inflammation of the gallbladder that causes severe abdominal pain. Alternative Names Cholecystitis - acute Causes In 90% of cases, acute cholecystitis is caused by gallstones in the gallbladder. Severe illness, alcohol abuse… related searches:gallbladder surgery
Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - Gallbladder removal - series
…locations. * Obstruction of the cystic duct leading to severe abdominal pain (biliary colic). * Infection or inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis). * Blockage of the biliary ducts leading to the duodenum (biliary obstruction). In each case, the gallbladder is often removed (cholecystectomy… related searches:open cholecystectomy | gallbladder surgery
Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - Gallbladder disease
…Conditions which slow or obstruct the flow of bile out of the gallbladder result in gallbladder disease. Types of gallbladder disease include: * Cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) * Cholelithiasis (gallstones) Symptoms * Abdominal fullness or gas * Abdominal pain that is: * Severe * Located…
Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - Gallstones
…right upper abdominal pain that feels like cramping. If the stone does not pass into the duodenum, but continues to block the cystic duct, acute cholecystitis results. If the common bile duct is blocked for a long period of time, bacteria may grow behind the stone in the stagnant bile, producing symptoms… related searches:clay colored stool | open cholecystectomy | lithotripsy
Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - Diagnostic laparoscopy
…purpose of this examination is to actually see if a problem exists that has not been found with noninvasive tests. Inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis), appendix (appendicitis), pelvic organs (pelvic inflammatory disease), or tumors of the ovaries may be diagnosed laparoscopically. Additionally… related searches:liver cysts
