Cholelithiasis may come to you quietly, so don’t underestimate these little stones!

Do you experience unbearable pain after a full meal, greasy food, or when changing your body position at night? Do you often feel dull pain in the upper abdomen, sometimes accompanied by symptoms such as fullness and discomfort, acid reflux, etc. At this time, do you think that your stomach is uncomfortable and often take some stomach medicine to get over it? Be careful, it may be gallstones.

Gallstones, also known as cholelithiasis, refer to a disease in which stones form in the biliary system, including the gallbladder or bile duct. The clinical manifestations of cholelithiasis mainly include abdominal pain, fever, jaundice, radiating pain in the back, nausea and vomiting, and other digestive system symptoms.

1. What are the dangers of cholelithiasis?

1. Acute attack, causing severe pain.

2. In severe cases, it may induce acute pancreatitis.

3. Failure to receive effective treatment may induce gallbladder cancer.

2.Who is most likely to suffer from cholelithiasis?

Obese people, those with poor eating habits, those who do little exercise and people with diabetes.

3. What should I do if I have cholelithiasis?

1. Regular breakfast diet and avoiding bile stasis are the key to preventing cholelithiasis.

2. Patients with cholelithiasis should eat a light, easily digestible, vitamin-rich diet. Avoid overeating, eating raw, cold, spicy, fried, fishy, ​​sour and irritating condiments. Eat less foods with high cholesterol content, such as egg yolks, crab roe, fish roe, animal offal, etc.

3. Your daily life should be regular and avoid fatigue.

4. Participate in appropriate physical exercise, such as Tai Chi, walking, etc., to enhance physical fitness, but avoid strenuous exercise to prevent the stones from shifting and becoming impacted, which may induce biliary colic.

5. If you experience symptoms such as upper abdominal pain, vomiting, fever, jaundice, etc., you should go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the treatment of the disease.

4. Technical advantages of laparoscopic surgery

1. Quick recovery after surgery and short hospital stay. You can eat semi-liquid food and get out of bed the next day after surgery, and you can resume normal life after one week.

2. High quality of life. Traditional surgery leaves long scars, while laparoscopic surgery has hidden incisions, leaving no obvious scars and beautiful local appearance.

3. The laparoscopic camera has a magnifying effect and can clearly display the fine structure of the body's tissues. Compared with traditional open surgery, the field of view is clearer, so the operation is more accurate and precise, effectively avoiding unnecessary interference to organs outside the surgical site, and there is less bleeding during the operation, making the operation safer.

4. The surgery is less invasive and the postoperative pain is mild. Generally, patients do not need to take painkillers after surgery, and the wound does not need to be sutured.

5. Patients can turn over and move around freely in the early postoperative period, and intestinal function recovers quickly, which greatly reduces the possibility of intestinal adhesion.

5. When is surgery necessary?

1. Symptomatic gallstones;

2. Gallstones larger than 2 cm;

3. Gallbladder-filled stones;

4. Atrophic cholecystitis;

5. Porcelain gallbladder.