Gallbladder Surgery
Having problems with your digestive system and wondering if gallbladder surgery is for you? You are not alone, over a half million people ask that same question every year. Your first step in trying to make that decision is gleaning a better understanding of your problem which is biliary (bile) vs. your gallbladder. Removing your gallbladder doesn't always resolve the symptoms that you are experiencing. The liver produces bile and your gallbladder is the sac that holds it. Regardless of the fact that you have your gallbladder removed, your liver will still produce bile so that it can digest fats. The problems is that without a gallbladder the bile is not as easily secreted into the body, your liver can become overwhelmed by all the work that it now has to do and the end result is that you could spending lots of time in bathroom with diarrhea.
And should you experience a decrease in the amount of bile that you secrete you could end up with painful bile stones that can form in the liver. These stones can take you right back to the hospital for another surgery. But even knowing all of this for many people removing the gallbladder is a medical necessity.
When is it necessary to have your gallbladder removed?
If you have experienced only one gallbladder attack your doctor may recommend that you have it removed. Some physicians however will only suggest surgery after several attacks. Another sign that will indicate surgery is you are experience a lot of problem with stones.
If you have an infected gallbladder you will more than likely need to have it removed. There is a sever risk that your gallbladder will burst and spread an in infection in the peritoneal cavity. So the small contained infection that was in the tiny sac of the gallbladder is now splattered all over the inside of your body. It's like warming up a bowl of spaghetti in the microwave; if you don't watch it and it overheats it explodes cover the entire inside of the microwave with sauce and you have one heck of a mess to clean up. That's basically what you would look like inside your body if your gallbladder exploded. Yuck! And what a mess to clean up!
Laparoscopic surgery is the method of choice for gallbladder surgery. Laparoscopy surgery uses a lighted viewing instrument called a laparoscope that is inserted into the lower abdomen through a small incision that is made just below the navel. A needle is then placed in the abdomen to inflate it with gas. The gas pushes the wall of the abdomen away from the organs so that the physician can see them more clearly. Using a laparoscope minimizes hospital stay and recovery time.
But the important thing to remember when you do have gallbladder surgery is that you will not be able to eat whatever you want after surgery. You need to treat your biliary system with kid gloves, feeding it nutritional foods. If you haven't already you will need to become well versed in good fats and harmful fats to avoid further complications or problems.
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