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Foods Can Cause Gallstone Pain
- Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease - Diagnosis
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Diagnosis
The challenge in diagnosing gallstones is to verify that abdominal pain is caused by stones and not by some other condition. Ultrasound or other imaging techniques can usually detect gallstones. 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 any number of ailments.
Ruling out Other Disorders
In patients with abdominal pain, causes other than gallstones are usually...
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Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Symptoms
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
About 90% of gallstones cause no symptoms. There is a very small (2%) chance of developing pain during the first 10 years after gallstones form.... Read more »
Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Introduction
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Gallstones are small, hard deposits that can form in the gallbladder, a sac-like organ that lies under the liver in the upper right side of the... Read more »
Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Risk Factors
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More than 25 million Americans have gallstones, and a million are diagnosed each year. However, only 1 - 3% of the population complains of symptoms... Read more »
Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Treatment
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Acute pain from gallstones and gallbladder disease is usually treated in the hospital, where diagnostic procedures are performed to rule out other... Read more »
Gallstones
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
What Is It? Gallstones are rocklike nuisances that can form inside the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a pouch that collects bile as it flows from... Read more »
Common Foods that Cause Pain
Sugar Sugar causes pain by promoting inflammation. Researchers have found that those who ate diets with a lower glycemic load will tend to have lower levels of inflammation as measured by the c-reactive protein. To learn more about foods that...
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