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Health Encyclopedia: Gallstones And Gallbladder Disease Diagnosis
- Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease - Diagnosis
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Diagnosis
The diagnostic challenge posed by gallstones is to be sure that abdominal pain is caused by stones and not by some other condition. Ultrasound or other imaging techniques usually detect gallstones readily. Nevertheless, because gallstones are common and most cause no symptoms, simply finding stones does not necessarily explain a patient's pain, which may be caused by numerous other ailments.
Ruling Out Other Disorders
In patients with abdominal pain, causes other than gallstones are usual...
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Expert & Community Posts
Testing Cholesterol and Glucose
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...good enough that we don’t need to take one of the statins or other cholesterol-lowering drugs.... Read more »
Statins for Metabolic Syndrome May Also Reverse Associated ED
By healthgal , Health Expert...Researchers theorize that the mechanism at work - the statins seem to lower the levels of Rho -... Read more »
Statins, Cancer: Not Linked
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...news reports published yesterday implied that taking statins may raise the risk of cancer. At... Read more »
Statin Rage
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...the pharmaceutical companies that keep pushing the statins at us.As a patient I know the statins... Read more »
Statins for everyone?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health ExpertStatins (also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are a class of medications used to lower... Read more »
Health Guide
Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...intensive statin therapy produces greater reductions in LDL and CRP levels, and that the more that statins can lower LDL, the more effective they are in reducing the progression of... Read more »Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Medications
...blood pressure.The doctor may wantthe patientto slowly decrease the dose before stopping completely.Statins and Other Cholesterol and Lipid-Lowering DrugsIn 2004, the National Cholesterol... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Other Medications
...Beta-blockers are often prescribed along with other drugs such as nitrates, calcium channel blockers, or statins. A 2006 study suggested that beta-blockers and statins may help stabilize coronary... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Reducing Heart Risk Factors
...PAD. [For more information on these cholesterol-lowering drugs, see In-Depth Report #23: Cholesterol.]Statins. Statins are the most effective drugs for the treatment of high cholesterol. Statins... Read more »High Cholesterol: Highlights
...levels but also lowers fatty build-up in clogged arteries. Future research will determine if other statins have a similar positive effect. Rosuvastatin is better at lowering LDL than other statin... Read more »
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