Sunday, March 2, 2008

What is chronic cholecystitis? What are its symptoms?

The gallbladder is generally believed that small stones cystic duct obstruction easy, Caused acute cholecystitis, while larger stones often no obvious abdominal cramps, the only cause of chronic cholecystitis performance. Gallbladder chronic cholecystitis refers to the chronic inflammation caused chronic inflammation is the most common causes of gallbladder stones inside. It can be said that almost all the gallbladder stones patients with both chronic cholecystitis. Can chronic cholecystitis after the onset of acute cholecystitis is the aftermath. An acute cholecystitis in patients after the attack, almost inevitably develop into chronic cholecystitis. However, the fact is most acute cholecystitis acute exacerbation of chronic cholecystitis, a considerable portion of chronic cholecystitis is unknowingly happen. Before never won a history of acute cholecystitis.
The clinical manifestations of chronic cholecystitis multi not typical, nor obvious. Peacetime Department may often have right upper quadrant pain, abdominal distension and the navel, nausea and anorexia greasy food, and so dyspeptic symptoms, and some patients flu right subscapular, and the right quarter rib or other places, secret anguish. In standing, sports and after more obvious. Patients have the right upper abdomen under the rib edge mild tenderness, or the pressure of a discomfort. Visibility gallbladder ultrasonography or dramatic increases, emptying dysfunction. Oral contrast agent gallbladder stones are found, then the diagnosis can be identified.

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