What is gallbladder atrophy?

Some gallstones may or may even almost completely lose their contraction and bile concentration functions. This is due to repeated cholecystitis, which causes the inflammation of the gallbladder wall to gradually proliferate, slowly form scars, and gradually become fibrotic, resulting in repeated gallbladder contractions. This condition is medically known as "atrophic cholecystitis", also known as "atrophic gallbladder contraction sclerosis". This is also what we commonly call gallbladder atrophy. So what exactly is gallbladder atrophy?

Pathogens

Atrophic cholecystitis causes

Recurrent cholecystitis.

Prevention of atrophic cholecystitis

1. We should do some physical activities regularly to make the body's metabolism active, especially for middle-aged people who always sit for a long time in terms of mental work and work, but do have the feeling of physical labor, and prevent excessive obesity, because obesity is an important cause of gallbladder inflammation or gallstones.

2. You should keep warm after the cool autumn, especially when sleeping, you should cover yourself up to prevent stomach cold, because stomach cold will stimulate the vagus nerve and cause the gallbladder to contract strongly.

3. People who have been shown to have gallstones should receive timely treatment to avoid gallbladder inflammation.

4. When there are intestinal worms (mainly roundworms), anthelmintics should be applied in a timely manner. The dosage should be sufficient to prevent drug shortage, which can easily penetrate into the active roundworms' bile ducts, causing obstruction and leading to cholecystitis.

5. When inflammation occurs, apply effective antibiotics in a timely manner.

6. You can take some medicine, it will be effective.

complication

Complications of atrophic cholecystitis Liver abscess

It may be complicated by gallbladder perforation, gallbladder fistula, or liver abscess.

symptom

Common symptoms of atrophic cholecystitis include loss of appetite, abdominal distension, belching and other abdominal pain symptoms

Patients with atrophic cholecystitis often experience recurrent pain in the right upper quadrant, often manifested by gastrointestinal symptoms such as dullness, loss of appetite, hiccups, and abdominal distension.

examine

Check for atrophic cholecystitis

Ultrasound examination showed that the gallbladder was very small, with a diameter not exceeding 3-4 cm, thick walls, and no contraction function. After oral cholecystography, the gallbladder could no longer develop.

diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of atrophic cholecystitis

The gallbladder wall thickens and then shrinks, increasing from the normal 1 to 2 mm to 5 to 6 mm, or even to 1 cm. The gallbladder loses its elasticity, becomes hard and smaller, and some are less than half of their original size. The gallbladder has lost its original light blue, thin sac shape, and it is tightly attached to the bile duct, duodenum or part of the stones, tightly wrapped in a pile of stones. There are no gaps between the stones, no bile.

deal with

Overview of treatment of atrophic cholecystitis

Treatment Department: Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gastroenterology, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Treatment: Symptoms and supportive care

Treatment duration: 1 - 2 months

Cure rate: 60 %

Commonly used drugs: berberine hydrochloride tablets, Danshutong soft capsules

There is a regimen that can be used to treat the symptoms of cholecystitis.

1. Purple and brown sugar bitter vegetable soup

1. Take 15g of bitter vegetable, wash it (wash it again), put it in a pot (usually put it in a pot), and add about 1000 ml of water.

2. Bring to a boil and cook for another 5 minutes, then pour the remaining soup into a thermos or container and place it in the refrigerator.

3. Drink the bitter purple soup and be sure to wear warm clothes. 50 - 100 ml per serving, three times a day, first pour brown sugar into a cup, stir the cooked bitter soup into the cup, wait for it to be warm and drink, brown sugar (preferably dark-colored bulk ordinary brown sugar from department stores), add twenty-three spoons of brown sugar.