Hello. Am so sorry to hear about your gallstones pain. My daughter was diagnosed of gallstones also but before she was diagnosed,never had attack like the one you suffer every night.She occassionally had gastric pain and sometimes vomit after fatty meal, so we thought that she was hyperacidic.Only after her blood test doc suspected of liver disease as her bilirubin was high and her AST and ALT were 10 times higher than normal. Sonography showed that she has small but plenty gallstones. An MRCP showed a more detailed image, unfortunately 2 smal stones obstructed her common bile duct. Actually, a day after MRCP , she had an attack which was so heart breaking to witness. Her gastroenterologist did EUS on her, fortunately, he saw nothing in the CBD. A miracle indeed ! Seems that the severe pain was due to the stones passing the CBD towards her intestines.After this, she was relieved of pain and the invasive MRCP procedure to be done was cancelled. Now, she is waiting for 1 week more to be admitted to hosp. and have her gall bladder removed.
My point is, do not try to ignore the pain you are having. Make sure you have MRCP to see the status of the gall bladder, pancreas and liver.Obstruction of stones in the CBD is very painful and could be a critical condition.Flushing are not effective if the stones are already big or many.There is also this danger that the more you wait, chances are the stones may fall into the CBD which could be very ,very painful.If your stones are safe in the gallbladder, schedule for surgery ASAP.Eating healthy diet prevents more stones to form, but you have to remove the stones already present and that is only thru removal of the gallbladder. Medicines that reduce the size of the stones may take 2-3 years to finally dissolve them but you gall bladder may produce stones again after 3-4 years .
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Hello. Am so sorry to hear about your gallstones pain. My daughter was diagnosed of gallstones also but before she was diagnosed,never had attack like the one you suffer every night.She occassionally had gastric pain and sometimes vomit after fatty meal, so we thought that she was hyperacidic.Only after her blood test doc suspected of liver disease as her bilirubin was high and her AST and ALT were 10 times higher than normal. Sonography showed that she has small but plenty gallstones. An MRCP showed a more detailed image, unfortunately 2 smal stones obstructed her common bile duct. Actually, a day after MRCP , she had an attack which was so heart breaking to witness. Her gastroenterologist did EUS on her, fortunately, he saw nothing in the CBD. A miracle indeed ! Seems that the severe pain was due to the stones passing the CBD towards her intestines.After this, she was relieved of pain and the invasive MRCP procedure to be done was cancelled. Now, she is waiting for 1 week more to be admitted to hosp. and have her gall bladder removed.
My point is, do not try to ignore the pain you are having. Make sure you have MRCP to see the status of the gall bladder, pancreas and liver.Obstruction of stones in the CBD is very painful and could be a critical condition.Flushing are not effective if the stones are already big or many.There is also this danger that the more you wait, chances are the stones may fall into the CBD which could be very ,very painful.If your stones are safe in the gallbladder, schedule for surgery ASAP.Eating healthy diet prevents more stones to form, but you have to remove the stones already present and that is only thru removal of the gallbladder. Medicines that reduce the size of the stones may take 2-3 years to finally dissolve them but you gall bladder may produce stones again after 3-4 years .
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