I don't think there is a natural way to dissolve gallstones. If they are small they can pass through the bile duct but when they are larger they cannot and must be removed surgically. There can be serious health repercussions to ignoring gallstones.
Your liver makes bile and it is stored in your gallbladder. When you eat fatty food, your gallbladder squirts out bile to help digest the fat. If a stone is in the bile duct, your gallbladder tries to squirt and it can't. You get that colicky feeling along with pain and nausea. If the duct is completely blocked, that bile stays in the gallbladder, then the liver can't keep putting bile in there, then your liver values rise as well. In addition you get the diarrhea because you can't digest fats.
So you have to avoid fats. Pretty much all fats. It can get to the point where it is really difficult to eat. You can end up with a very bad gallbladder, including infection. It can make you quite ill. I would wonder why surgery hasn't been suggested for you.
When my gallbladder was bad, it got to the point where all I could do was drink Slim Fast. I couldn't eat anything without getting sick. My sister's gallbladder became necrotic and had to be removed emergently. What I'm saying is, it is not something to ignore.
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I don't think there is a natural way to dissolve gallstones. If they are small they can pass through the bile duct but when they are larger they cannot and must be removed surgically. There can be serious health repercussions to ignoring gallstones.
Your liver makes bile and it is stored in your gallbladder. When you eat fatty food, your gallbladder squirts out bile to help digest the fat. If a stone is in the bile duct, your gallbladder tries to squirt and it can't. You get that colicky feeling along with pain and nausea. If the duct is completely blocked, that bile stays in the gallbladder, then the liver can't keep putting bile in there, then your liver values rise as well. In addition you get the diarrhea because you can't digest fats.
So you have to avoid fats. Pretty much all fats. It can get to the point where it is really difficult to eat. You can end up with a very bad gallbladder, including infection. It can make you quite ill. I would wonder why surgery hasn't been suggested for you.
When my gallbladder was bad, it got to the point where all I could do was drink Slim Fast. I couldn't eat anything without getting sick. My sister's gallbladder became necrotic and had to be removed emergently. What I'm saying is, it is not something to ignore.
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October 9, 2010 - 6:27amThis Comment
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