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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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Health Guide
Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Prognosis
...for gallbladder cancer. The cause is unknown although it tends to strike younger men with ulcerative colitis. Polyps are often detected in this condition and have a very high likelihood of... Read more »Crohn's Disease: Complications
...fistulas, abscesses, and fever. The surgical and medical treatments of Crohn's disease, as with ulcerative colitis, have complications of their own that can be severe.Complications in the... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Introduction
Gallstones are small, hard pellets that can form in the gallbladder, a sac-like organ that lies under the liver on the right side of the abdomen. Most people with gallstones don't even... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: References
...Willett WC, Giovannucci EL. Dietary carbohydrates and glycemic load and the incidence of symptomatic gall stone disease in men. Gut. 2005;54(6):823-828.Tsai CJ, Leitzmann MF, Willett WC,... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Risk Factors
About 20 million Americans harbor gallstones. Only 1 - 3% of the population, however, complains of symptoms during the course of a year, and less than half of these people will experience... Read more »Images
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