Patient Testimonial
Gallstone Surgery Patient Testimonial- How a patient from Pali, Rajasthan received best medical treatment at Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Ignoring gallstone symptoms and letting it get worse can be extremely fatal for your health. It is best to consult your doctor and get the right medical treatment at the right time.
Gall Bladder Stone
Gall-bladder is a small organ lying just below the liver on the right upper abdomen. Gall-bladder stores bile (juice formed by liver) and help in digestion of fatty meals. Development of stones in gall-bladder indicates malfunction of gall-bladder and surgical removal of gall-bladder is easily tolerated by the body.
Type of Gall bladder stones:
- Cholesterol gallstones develop when bile contains too much cholesterol and not enough bile salts. Risk factors for cholesterol stones are obesity, women taking estrogen either as family planning pill or for peri-menopausal hormonal supplement, diabetic person and those losing weight rapidly. Healthy lifestyle may minimize the development of cholesterol gall-stones.
- Pigmented stone are made up of bilirubin and risk factors for pigment stones includes hemolytic anemias (such as sickle-cell disease and hereditary spherocytosis), cirrhosis (Liver failure), and biliary tract infections.
- Mixed stones is the most common type seen in Indian-Asian population. They are composed of both cholesterol and salts.
WHAT IS GALL BLADDER STONE SURGERY?
Presence of gall bladder stones may require surgery. Gallstones may be asymptomatic(without symptoms) or symptomatic(show symptoms)
Asymptomatic Gall-Stones: Asymptomatic gall-stones are usually observed. Only high risk asymptomatic patients (those having more probability to develop gall-stone related complications) are advised for surgery. The High risk asymptomatic patients are diabetic, person on chemotherapy & immunocompromised person (HIV).
Symptomatic Gall-Stones: Symptomatic patients should consult to medical expert for surgery. Laparoscopic (Key hole) gall-bladder surgery is a worldwide accepted treatment.
Stone dissolving therapy is ineffective for mixed and pigmented gall-stones and has inconsistent results for cholesterol stones. Inability to identify stone composition and high prevalence of mixed stones, limits the use of "stone dissolving therapy" in Indian-Asian population.
Learn more about Gall Bladder stones- Its symptoms, risk factors, complications etc. here.
Patient Parwati Kanwar Testimonial
The first symptom Mrs. Parwati Kanwar from Pali, Rajasthan suffered in relation to gallstones was abdominal pain. After consulting with a local doctor, Mrs. Parwati Kanwar and her husband learned about Dr. Avinash Tank. They met with him to discuss her condition and treatment options. Afterwards, she underwent laparoscopic gallstone surgery and now she has fully recovered.
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