Patient Testimonial
Gallstone Treatment Patient Testimonial- How a patient received best and safest gallstone treatment amidst COVID by Dr. Avinash Tank at Dwarika Clinic, Ahmedabad
Untreated gallstones can lead to severe health consequences. Amidst COVID, a couple was worried regarding visiting hospitals and getting the treatment. Then they met Dr. Avinash Tank.
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 Suman Pipat Testimonial
Amidst the COVID-19 period, Mrs. Suman Pipat found out that she had gallbladder stones. She was in discomfort but still wasn’t sure about going to hospitals or visiting doctors due to corona risks. They met a few local doctors but were not convinced about receiving the treatment. Mrs. Suman Pipat and her husband found out about Dr. Avinash Tank through internet, visited his clinic, discussed her condition and after checking out the facility and how well the doctor discussed the condition and treatment options and aftercare, they were convinced about receiving her treatment from Dr. Tank.
A week after the surgery, Mrs. Suman Pipat and her husband share their experience-
