symptoms of gallstones
Gallstones
The most common disease of the gallbladder is gallstones symptoms, which is medically referred to as cholelithiasis.
If other diseases of the bile present, the cause must be sought for this purpose in most cases the presence of gallstones. Between 10 and 15 percent of the population suffer from gallstones, but only in a quarter of cases, the victims have also been complaints.
There are far more women than men affected by this disease that occurs mainly in overweight and high cholesterol.
Gallstones are basically not dangerous, and must be treated only with complaints, especially since they are anyway only diagnosed in most cases, if the individual notices specific symptoms. Gallstones are made of solid deposits and may range in size from a few millimeters to several centimeters reach. Gallstones can occur both individually as well as in larger amounts.
You are either in the bile ducts, or the excretory duct, which opens into the intestine. The composition of symptoms of gallstones may be quite different, so they are divided into cholesterol stones and pigment stones.
Causes
In the formation of gallstones causes are very different question. Cholesterol stones caused by the interaction of the various internal and external factors.
The bile contains too much cholesterol, also a lot of mucilage are excessively formed. First produced in this way microcrystals, which can become gallstones at a slower emptying of the gallbladder.
The troubled relationship between cholesterol and bile acids may have different causes. Possible causes include a reduced concentration of signs symptoms gallstones, elevated cholesterol levels or restrictions on the mobility of the gallbladder.
For the formation of pigment stones against all other factors are responsible. In the body of the patient an increased concentration of bilirubin is noted that may arise, for example, a chronic blood loss.
There are also some risk factors that may contribute to the development of gallstones. Doctors refer to the so-called 5F-rule, because it primarily affects women (female), who are over 40 (forty), have borne several children (fertile), are overweight suffer (fat) and have light hair (fair).