What are the risks of having a gallbladder removed? Sequelae of gallbladder removal

Nowadays, many people suffer from gallstones, which require timely surgical treatment. Otherwise, if the disease becomes serious, it will cause pancreatitis and endanger the patient's life. There are no side effects after cholecystectomy, and some only have some effects on digestion.

1. In fact, although this worry is reasonable , it is not entirely correct, because the gallbladder is not an indispensable organ in the body. Many higher animals, such as horses, deer, elephants, whales, etc., are born without gallbladders, and their lives are not much different from those of some animals with gallbladders. There are a few people who are born without a gallbladder due to abnormal embryonic development of the gallbladder, but they still lead a normal life. After the cholecystectomy, the patient's original symptoms disappeared immediately. Although the gallbladder lost the function of concentrating and storing bile, it did not have a significant impact on the patient's digestion and absorption functions.

2. Scientific experimental studies have shown that the digestion and absorption function of patients after cholecystectomy is not much different from that of normal people. After cholecystectomy, the bile acid content in the bile of patients with cholesterol stones will gradually increase, so that the supersaturated bile before the operation will gradually become normal bile. Therefore, as long as the bile duct stones are completely removed during gallbladder removal, cholesterol stones will not recur. Therefore, after cholecystectomy, there will be no adverse effects on physical health and digestion and absorption, and there is no need to worry.

3. Furthermore, after cholecystectomy, the bile duct wall will thicken , the mucous glands of the bile duct will increase, and the bile duct will frequently discharge bile into the duodenum to compensate for the loss of the gallbladder's function of storing and concentrating bile. At the same time, it will not affect the digestion and absorption of fat. Therefore, there is no need to avoid animal oil after surgery. If the human body consumes too little fat, it will not be beneficial to the body, but will be harmful to human health. Of course, it takes time for the body to recover and establish compensatory functions after surgery. The intake of animal fat and eggs should not be too much, and the fat content in food should be gradually increased to allow the body to gradually adapt.