Causes of Gallbladder Polyps

Gallbladder polyps are a rather troublesome disease. When they occur, the patient will suffer from severe abdominal pain, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, bloating and other symptoms. However, a small number of patients do not feel anything at ordinary times and the disease can only be discovered during B-ultrasound examination. Doctors generally recommend surgical removal for patients with gallbladder polyps, which will more effectively control the disease and prevent the patient from being tortured by the disease for a long time.

There are many reasons for the formation of gallbladder polyps, which are quite complex. For example, patients have irregular diets in their daily lives and always skip breakfast due to being busy, or they often eat a lot of oily meat, drink alcohol frequently, and eat foods with high cholesterol content, etc. In addition, excessive mental stress is also one of the important reasons. Let us take a closer look at the causes of gallbladder polyps, and hope it will be helpful to you.

Gallbladder polyps refer to a type of lesions in which the gallbladder wall protrudes into the cavity in a polyp-like manner, also known as "gallbladder protrusion lesions." Clinically, gallbladder polyps include mucosal polypoid hyperplasia caused by gallbladder inflammation, polypoid changes caused by gallbladder mucosal cell degeneration, gallbladder adenomatous polyps, and polypoid gallbladder cancer. Pathologically, gallbladder polyps can be divided into benign polyps and malignant polyps. Benign gallbladder polyps are divided into two categories: benign tumor polyps and pseudotumor polyps. Benign tumor polyps can originate from epithelial tissue (adenoma) and supporting tissue (hemangioma, lipoma, etc.), while pseudotumor polyps include cholesterol polyps, inflammatory polyps, gallbladder adenomyoma, ectopic polyps, etc. Adenomatous polyps of the gallbladder are potential precancerous lesions and are associated with the occurrence of gallbladder cancer. In contrast, pseudotumor polyps such as cholesterol polyps, inflammatory polyps and gallbladder adenomyomas will not become cancerous. The surgical treatment of gallbladder polyps mainly involves the determination of whether the gallbladder polyps are benign or malignant, so as to achieve early detection of malignant and precancerous lesions and early surgical resection.

1. People who do not eat regularly and do not like to eat breakfast are the cause of gallbladder polyps. If you skip breakfast, the bile secreted at night cannot be used and will remain in the gallbladder. If the bile stays in the gallbladder too long, it can stimulate the gallbladder to form gallbladder polyps or cause the original polyps to enlarge and increase in number. Therefore, it is best to eat foods containing vegetable oils for breakfast.

2. Drinking alcohol is also the cause of gallbladder polyps. Alcohol is mainly broken down and detoxified by the liver in the body. Therefore, alcohol can directly damage liver function, cause hepatobiliary dysfunction, and disrupt the secretion and excretion of bile, thereby stimulating the gallbladder to form new polyps and/or causing the original polyps to grow and become larger, increasing the cancer risk of gallbladder polyps.

3. The cause of gallbladder polyps also includes eating high-fat, high-cholesterol foods regularly, which makes you more likely to develop gallbladder polyps. Such as liking to eat egg yolks, fish roe, animal liver, brain, intestines, etc. Increased cholesterol in bile makes it easier to form cholesterol stones. Vegetable oil can not only lower cholesterol, but also promote the conversion of cholesterol into bile acid to prevent the formation of gallstones, so it is advisable to use vegetable oil as the main food. It is best not to eat fried or pan-fried foods to avoid inducing biliary colic. When cooking, try to use light and low-fat food, steam or boil it at home, and avoid frying or deep-frying.

4. People who often like to eat foods with high fiber content and a lot of residue often experience gastrointestinal irritation and are prone to gallbladder polyps.

Everyone knows the cause of gallbladder polyps. In daily diet, patients should eat more light foods and avoid spicy foods. Eggs, meat, etc. need to be controlled. In addition, patients should not get angry, try to maintain a good mood, and increase physical exercise appropriately, but not too tired, so as to restore their health as soon as possible.