Post Gallbladder Surgery

Post op. pain for gallbladder removal?

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:25:01 +0000

has anyone out there had there gallbladder removed…..I’ts been 6 days and im still in agony…the pain shouldnt last this long…IM almost out of pain medicine…and I dont see the doc till next wed.

gallbladder surgery post problems?

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:29:43 +0000

is there anyone who developed problems after gb surgery? if yes, what kind of problems.. and how did you solve this? i am 2 months post operation and having loose stools or diarrhea every now and then

please answer

thank you all in advance
it will be nice if you answer this

The Top Five Diseases Associated With Being Overweight

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:18:42 +0000

The obesity epidemic is on everyone’s mind lately, as it should, given that the number of people battling the bulge has doubled in the last 30 years. Unfortunately, most of us are more concerned with how those extra pounds make us look instead of what those extra pounds are doing to the health of our bodies. In fact, scientists are consistently discovering new facts linking obesity to many different health problems.Generally speaking, men whose waist circumference exceeds 40 inches, and women whose waist circumference exceeds 36 inches are at increased risk of getting these diseases:

Heart Disease and Stroke

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a symptom of developing heart disease, and is a risk factor for having a stroke. One-third to one-half of all individuals with high blood pressure are overweight. Your Blood pressure rises as you gain weight, and usually begins to drop as you start losing weight. Once you reach the ideal weight for you height, your blood pressure usually stabilizes at a normal range..

Breast, Endometrial, Gallbladder and Colon Cancer

Post menopausal women who are obese have a 50% higher risk of getting breast cancer, and obese men have a 40% higher risk of colon cancer. Men and women have five times the risk of getting endometrial or gallbladder cancer if they are obese. Most recent research is beginning to indicate a higher risk of kidney, pancreas, rectum, esophagus, and liver cancer also.

Type 2 Diabetes

Although the exact mechanism behind it is not yet known, it is known that over 80% of patients with type 2 diabetes are overweight. Reduce your risk of this chronic illness, which can cause blindness, amputation, kidney and nerve disease, by walking at least 30 minutes everyday. Daily exercise has been proven to decrease the risk of getting type 2 diabetes.

Osteoarthritis

The most common form of joint disease in the United States (with over 21 million people suffering), osteoarthritis is a major cause of disability in people over 55. Obesity is one of the top ten causes of osteoarthritis, and makes healing more difficult should joint replacement surgery be required.

Sleep Apnea and Respiratory Problems

Sleep apnea (also known as obstructive sleep apnea) is a diagnosis that within the last 10 years has been link to obesity or being overweight. In the past, many patients who snored loudly and stopped breathing during the night were simply considered to have nasal irregularities. It has been shown that many of these actually have a condition called obstructive sleep apnea and are therefore at a higher risk of stroke, heart disease, insomnia and mood disorders. They also usually have high blood pressure. Most people diagnosed with sleep apnea are overweight, and in many cases, losing weight reverses the condition.

Unfortunately, knowing about the risks of being overweight may give impetus to the decision to lose weight, but it does not make losing weight any easier. There is good news though; research shows that losing just 10% of your body weight reduces the risk of these diseases significantly. So whether you are 20 pounds overweight or 100 pounds, losing just 10% of your total body weight is enough to decrease the risk of these top five diseases. Keep that 10% goal in mind for whenever you begin to feel discouraged about how slowly the pounds are coming off. In the end, it is not what you look like that counts, it is how healthy you are, and it only takes a 10% weight loss to significantly increase the odds your future will be a healthier one.

Gallbladder surgery – post-op pain question?

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:39:02 +0000

It’s been 8 days since my gallbladder surgery and I have a lot of pain in the upper incision area (just right of the bottom of my breastbone), the pain is not the incision itself, but inside where the muscles are.

I have a call into my doctor’s office, but in the meantime, did anyone else who has had the surgery experience this pain? It’s an internal burning type pain that the pain killers don’t do much to help with. It hurts worse when I stand or walk and the lack of using those muscles is making my hips hurt.

If you’ve had this pain, please tell me when it gets better? I’ve been resting lots, but it’s been 8 days already and I have things to get done!

Liver Detoxification: Why it Works to Slim Your Abs

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:07:07 +0000

Radiologists and gastroenterologists claim that, after looking at many peoples livers, 50% of middle-aged Americans have a condition called “fatty liver”. The most common causes are poor diet, excessive use of alcohol, toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and hepatitis. Liver disease has many symptoms: nausea, vomiting, malaise, fatigue, yellowing of the skin and/or eyes, and a swollen abdomen. The list goes on and on. You can easily determine if your liver function is not right by having a blood test. Luckily, there are many methods of detoxifying your liver.

Before you jump into a liver detoxification process, you should know some of the key nutrients needed to insure its success. An adequate supply of the antioxidants vitamin C, selenium, beta carotene, vitamin E, and N-acetyl-cysteine(NAC) is very much needed. The amino acid SAM-E is an important component in lever health. This article will show the relation of these nutrients and different ways to detoxify your liver, as well as how each of those methods actually works in your body.

Milk thistle is a plant originally from Southern Europe and North Africa. It can also be found in Southern Russia and Asia Minor. Its use, as it pertains to liver detoxification, is derived from a flavonoid, called silymarin, found in the seeds. Herbalists, including a group of scientists known as Commission E, recognize that silymarin protects the liver by altering and strengthening the outer cell membrane of hepatacytes(liver cells). It also stimulates the natural regenerative capabilities of the liver and helps in the formation of new heptacytes through the activation of the enzyme nucleolar polymerase A.

Oral chelation is used to detoxify the liver based on the belief that small amount of heavy metals are ingested by many people. These minute amounts accumulate over the years and begin to effect liver function. To stop there effect you need to eliminate these heavy metals. The best way to do this is through your stool. That is why you should have 2-3 bowel movements per day when detoxifying your liver in this manner. Most of the supplements in this program target the mercury in your body. Mercury, and other heavy metals, lead to the release of “free radicals” that can cause cancer, Some of the supplements pull the mercury from your body tissue, while others bind to the freed metal. All combine to get the metals into your stool so that your body can eliminate them.

The “Liver Flush” theory holds that there are dozens of gallstones that are choking the connection between the liver and the gallbladder( the biliary duct). Because of this the liver does not produce enough bile and what bile is formed is full of the bacteria and toxins the liver filters from your body. The “Liver Flush” reverses this by causing those gallstones to soften or break up so that they can be removed in your bowel. This is a complicated process, but all of the information that you will need is available on the internet for free.

Lastly, there is the coffee enema. The use of coffee is for liver detoxification, not colon cleansing. As funny as it may sound, it has been used in cancer therapy and alternative medicine for years. There is a duct in the sigmoid colon that connects it to the liver. It is referred to as the entero-hepatic circulation system. Toxins are transferred from the stool to the liver to be neutralized. The caffeine causes the bile ducts to empty into the sigmoid colon. This releases the toxins from the liver and allows them to be eliminated in the stool.

All of these methods of liver detoxification are safe to be used by people in good health, who are weak, and those who are ill. The basics ov liver detoxification revolve around eliminating the build up of toxins in the liver. Whether they do it by removing heavy metals or opening obstructions between the liver and the gallbladder, they all acknowledge the great importance of a healthy liver. A healthy is smaller than one filled with toxins, this causes a slimmer abdomen and better looking abs.

Eating At Night: Can You Lose Body Fat

Can you lose body fat even if you eat at night? That is an age old question. To make it more interesting; there are experts who say you can and still others that swear eating at night is the greatest weight loss sin you can commit. The truth lays somewhere in the grey area between. It is not a black and white topic, so why would there be a black and white answer. Here are a few facts, thoughts, and practical suggestions that may help you make up your own mind and guide you through your weight loss attempts.

Eating at night in, and of, itself will not make you fat. There are too many other things involved to make such a huge generalization. One of the biggest factors is caloric intake and the amount of energy used by your body each day. With that in mind, it is possible to eat a meal right before you go to bed and still lose body fat. It is what compromises that meal that matters. First, you have to be in a caloric deficit situation. Second, the meal must have an appropriate carbohydrate content. The common sense of eating the bulk of your calories and carb density while you are the most active is easy to see.

To figure out when your body is in a calorie deficit situation you only need to think about what time of day you work out. Your body will be calorie strapped in the period after you work out. You will want to consume a meal rich in protein and carbs afterwards, no matter what time of day it is. Post workout nutrition is important for recovery and muscle mass growth. Eating after a night time workout is unlikely to create fat because the caloric content is needed to fill you body’s depleted energy stores.

Is it possible to eat at night, be a fairly inactive person, and still lose body fat? There is the fifty dollar question. The magic answer is…drum roll please… watch what you eat! You have a craving about 9 p.m. You are bored. Why not eat something to occupy your hands and distract yourself. What do you grab? Chips, pretzels, candy, a big hunk of leftovers? What you really get are carbs, fats, and sugars that your body will store as a beautiful spare tire or some junk in your trunk. You can eat but you have to think. A little twist on the “exchange diet” will help. Pretzels are exchanged for carrots. Chips equal raw broccoli or cauliflower. These are foods that are filling, both in your hands and stomach, harder to digest, and healthy. Raw vegetables use more calories to digest than other foods while helping to nourish your body. If you are thirsty, drop the soda or fruit juice. No soda for obvious reasons, but avoid the fruit juice because the simple, natural sugars it contains will be turned into fat cells more easily, by your body. Try water with a teaspoon of lemon juice or another flavor of your choice.

All quality weight loss and fat reduction programs stress the importance of a healthy caloric intake. Where they differ is how and when to eat. A good, even, intake is best. Especially one that allows you to eat small, frequent meals. Moderation and nutrition are key elements in any program. It is possible to eat at night and lose body fat if you keep these two things in mind. Watch your calories and time the bulk of protein and carbs so that they are consumed shortly after a food workout. Eat smart. Combine these tips and you will be able to eat late and lose weight. Special thanks to Ori Hofmekler – warriordiet.com

General Surgery In India At Affordable Cost-General Surgery India Cost

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:24:06 +0000

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The Department of General Surgery covers a wide range of specialty and subspecialty surgery including : -

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Management of gallstone disease Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery for obesity Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease requiring fundoplication, paraoesophageal hernias, achalasia, gastric tumours, groin hernias, hyperhidrosis, enlarged spleen where minimal access surgery may be useful Diagnostic and staging laparoscopy for evaluation of tumours….

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery & Endoscopy Service

Comprehensive management of oesophagus, stomach and other upper GI cancers Management of obesity ….

Management of upper GI motility disorders Fiberoptic endoscopic service provides screening, diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal tract disease (peptic ulcer disease, gastric and oesophageal cancer, etc) Therapeutic endoscopy in the treatment of bile duct stones, achalasia, stricture, advanced gastrointestinal cancers and intragastric balloon for obesity…

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

Management of problems of stones disease of the gallbladder and biliary tree (including recurrent pyogenic cholangitis) Management of benign conditions of the liver (including benign tumours, abscesses, cysts) Management of benign conditions of the bile duct (including benign tumours, choledochal cysts, injuries, stricutre) Management of benign conditions of the pancreas (including stones, pancreatitis) Management of malignant tumours of the liver (including HCC, cholangiocarcinoma and liver metastases), gallbladder and bile duct cancers, and pancreatic tumours (including adenocarcinoma and cystic tumours) Functional evaluation of liver reserve …..

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Breast screening programme and mammogram localisation service Breast Counseling and Support Service for breast cancer and post-surgical patients Multi-disciplinary approach to breast cancer management including assessment of breast lesions seen on mammogram/ultrasound, diagnosis using minimally invasive techniques and surgery for the breast and axilla Ultrasound - guided mammotome biopsy Mammographic – guided mammotome biopsy Assessment, diagnosis, surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy for malignant melanoma Trauma Service Integrating multi-disciplinary care of the multiply injured patient Trauma Registry Quality Assurance activities Educational lectures for doctors and nurses

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Head and Neck Oncology, eg. cancers of the oral cavity, hypopharynx, cervical, oesophagus etc Thyroid nodule evaluation and treatment of thyroid malignancies and associated disease Salivary gland disease especially malignancies Multi-disciplinary participation from Oral Surgery, Neurosurgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Radiotherapy …..

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What to expect post op after gallbladder removal….?

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:13:03 +0000

Well, I’ve got gall—as in one big gallstone and while it’s not bothering me the potential is there. And you know how these things never flare at a convenient moment….

So, I should schedule to remove it. Laproscopy, seems pretty straight forward, I’m overweight, but the surgeon said he’s done people way heavier and it wasn’t a real issue (he apparently hasn’t been jeans shopping with me).

Anyone had this done? What can I expect? The surgeon said a 1-3 week recovery, I’m pretty healthy and have a good attitude so I’m optimistic I will bounce back fairly quick. Thanks for any insights? I’m acting pretty brave, but secretly a bit scared. I’m looking to schedule after the holidays as I have kids, and need to be 100% for the next 8 weeks.

Thanks!

I am having my gallbladder removed next week, from anyone who has had it done how bad is the post op pain?

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:20:54 +0000

This is supposed be a laproscopic procedure. Suffered from GB pain and indigestion for over a year ,now diagnosed with zero function, no stones

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admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:25:36 +0000

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