How quickly can gallstones form and what accelerates their growth?

Gallstones are a more common condition in fact about six percent of the world's population is living with gallstones. Gallstone is a hardened piece of bile that is formed in the gallbladder or in the bile duct. While is generally secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder from there it is taken to the small intestine via the bile duct.  They play a vital role in breaking down the fatty substance that is present in the food. But when there is an obstruction or the gallbladder cannot be completely emptied the bile stone formation will occur this is also called as gallstone. The gallstones or known as cholelithiasis in the medical term. To find interesting facts about the gallstone keep reading the content.

Are gallstones a serious condition?

The gallstone is not considered to be a serious one in fact most of the people who have gallstones never move that they are having.  But this gallstone can also become dangerous when it starts traveling through the bile duct and gets stuck somewhere else.  If the gallstone is lodged in the bile duct that is going to prevent the transportation of bile to the small intestine and the worst part is these gallstones keep growing even though the growth is slow they can grow big enough to stop the flow of the bile this is not a good sign. Thus gallstone requires proper treatment.

Signs and symptoms of gallstones

• In general, gallstones do not cause any kind of signs or symptoms until they get stuck in the bile duct.  The blockage of bile will start causing mild to severe pain,  The other symptoms like,
• Severe abdominal pain,  when the gallstone is not treated properly the stone may keep growing and cause severe pain in the right upper abdomen and the pain starts spreading through the back under the shoulder this could influence the routine activities of a person.
• Loss of appetite,  generally when there is a proper digestion people will get the feel of appetite.  Bile has a role in digestion which is to break down the fat materials. In that case the absence of bile will leave indigestion and the person starts to feel a loss of appetite.
• Nausea and vomiting, two are common symptoms of the issues that are related to the digestive tract.  But when there is persistence it is good to consult a specialist.
• Fever, due to the severe pain the patient may get a body temperature that leads to fever.
• Jaundice, due to the increase of bilirubin content in the blood an individual may get allowing skin and ice could be an indication of gallbladder issues.
• When there is any issue with the gall bladder including gallstones the urine will get darker in color due to the presence of increased bilirubin level in the absence of bile.

How gallstone pains like?

When it comes to gallstone pain you can't expect when the pain will arrive and when it will disappear,  all of a sudden you may feel a heavy pain even that makes you feel sick with your stomach. This kind of sudden pain is called a gallstone attack or a gallbladder attack.  Most commonly the gallstone attack will appear after taking a meal because once the meal gets inside the stomach the gallbladder tries to push the bile inside it to the small intestine the more pressure on the bile system going to create severe pain. Even while you are sleeping you can feel that pain and have a sudden wake-up.

Sometimes the gallstone pain will be at its peak and sometimes it will be much less this gallstone attack may last for minutes to hours and once the stone moves from one place to another the pressure releases so you will feel somewhat easy.  The gallstone pain is described as intense, very short, squeezing, or stomach cramps.

To conclude when you have a single upper right abdomen pain-like episode it is good to consult a specialist regarding the gallstone formation.

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