A doctor compares diet vs. surgery for getting rid of painful gallstones. For someone diagnosed with gallstones, it’s easy to wonder about how effective a certain diet would be. Could the right diet pass gallstones? [...]
How long can an esophageal cancer be growing inside you before it can be detected? The answer is frightening. […]
This is about pain on the upper right side of the stomach that occurs after eating. […]
The patient said she had continuous stomach pain day and night that got worse eating. Her doctors could not find anything wrong. […]
Removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) can cause heartburn due to reflux. It’s even possible to suffer this heartburn up to four months after gallbladder removal. For some patients, gallbladder removal is the end of troublesome [...]
Some people with gallbladder disease wonder if their new-onset leg pain may be connected to the gallbladder issue. Other issues that involve the abdominal area, such as irritable bowel syndrome and ovarian cancer, can cause [...]
Frequent diarrhea can result after gallbladder removal and persist for months. But there is no clear answer as to how common this problem is, especially the longer the time lapse following the surgery. [...]
Constipation after removal of the gallbladder is actually common, and is not an indication that something went wrong during the surgery. For the procedure, an anesthetic is required to paralyze the bowel so that the [...]
If you have loose orange stools, here’s why a gallbladder problem is not causing this. “The color of stool normally is brown,” says Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon at Geisinger Medical Center in PA, [...]
Have you had your gallbladder removed and are now experiencing strange, funny sounds that seem to be originating from your stomach? “I am unaware of this condition. Have not read about it or seen it [...]
Wondering if your gallbladder pain warrants the removal of this organ even though you don’t have gallstones? “Gallbladder dyskinesia [impairment of movement] is a motility disorder that affects the gallbladder,” explains Akram Alashari, MD, a [...]
Are you suffering from back pain post-gallbladder removal and are wondering what’s causing this and what can be done about it? “It is not unusual for people who have had laparoscopic cholecystectomy [gallbladder removal] to [...]
There’ve been a number of studies about the effectiveness of ultrasound for detecting gallstones, says Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon at Geisinger Medical Center in PA. Dr. Alashari says that it’s key to recognize [...]
There are MANY causes, says a gallbladder surgeon, of stomach burning after the surgery, and thus, many treatment approaches. Sometimes, a person who had gallbladder removal surgery reports a burning in the stomach. This has [...]
A gallbladder disease expert recommends five foods in particular that will help prevent gallbladder attacks. “There is often a history of fatty food ingestion one hour or more before the initial onset of pain,” begins [...]
There are several causes of pain in the right side following gallbladder surgery. “Postcholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) is a complex of heterogeneous symptoms including persistent abdominal pain and dyspepsia that recur and persist after cholecystectomy,” says [...]
“Yes, patients can have dull pain if the symptoms are secondary to gallstones,” says Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon at Geisinger Medical Center in PA, and author of “THE POWER OF PEAK STATE.” Dr. Alashari [...]
Removal of the gallbladder can cause diarrhea, for sure -- and it may take a long time to go away. Following gallbladder removal, the diarrhea that may occur can take weeks to months to go [...]
Many people want to know if gallstone pain can be only mild, or is it always sharp and severe? “Biliary colic is associated with right upper quadrant pain,” says Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon [...]
A doctor explains how gallstones cause pain... “Biliary colic usually happens when the gallbladder contracts in response to a fatty meal,” says Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon at Geisinger Medical Center in PA, and [...]
