Gallstone

Childhood Obesity In the United States, seventeen percent of children are obese. That means that approximately 12.7 million children are affected in the United States (Childhood Obesity Facts). Obesity is defined as being twenty percent above the estimated range based on height and age. Childhood obesity can be genetically, medically, or physically obtained. Also, this condition can cause many serious issues that can possibly be fatal. In order to overcome this issue children must lose weight…

Question 1: A sonographer refers to medical healthcare professionals who operate and interpret diagnostic scans of the human body, known as ultrasounds (1). Though the roles and responsibilities of sonographers differ among nations, the Australian healthcare system recognises sonographer’s as those with relevant and accredited postgraduate qualifications under the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry (ASAR) (2, 3). Though sonographers are not responsible for the diagnosis of a patient,…

band known as the Rolling Stones. Some of the bands top songs include: Gimme Shelter, Jumping Jack Flash, and Brown Sugar. In health care, another type of rolling stones exist called cholelithiasis, commonly known as gallstones. Cholelithiasis is the presence or formation of gallstones, which are commonly found in the gallbladder and the common bile duct (Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 2012). Cholelithiasis is a common disease of the gallbladder and may consist of a single large stone or…

Leakage of stomach contents into the abdomen, and Nutritional deficiencies causing health problems. Gastric bypass surgery also may cause dumping syndrome symptoms include nausea, weakness, sweating, faintness, may cause diarrhea after eating, gallstones, anemia, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. The more extensive the gastric bypass surgery, the greater the risk for complications and nutritional deficiencies. People who undergo extensive bypasses of the normal digestive process require…

The ultrasound of my gallbladder showed a gallstone the size of a golf ball; the doctor described it as, “...bigger than a half dollar.” The doctor informed my parents that I would need surgery to remove the stone because it was too large for me to pass, but he did not know how soon the surgery needed…

Common bile duct stones are concomitant with gallstones in 10-15% of the patients, with the percentage of association between 8% and 15% in patients under the age of 60 and between 15% and 60% in patients over the age of 601. A standard treatment for concomitant common bile duct (CBD) and gallstones remains controversial and there is no consensus on the optimal management strategy, which could be due to multiple factors, including the level of suspicion for choledocholithiasis, preferences…

In the United States, gallstones tend to be the main cause of 45% of pancreatitis cases in females, while alcohol intake is responsible for about 35% of pancreatitis cases in males. Acute pancreatitis is typically treated in the hospital for frequent monitoring of vital signs…

In 1991, Campos and Sipes reported the first successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus with a symptomatic gallstone (5). In literature there are fifty cases of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with situs inversus totalis are reported. To deal with this eccentric anatomy of gall bladder, it is required to highlight the importance of a new pre-operatory…

A lot of people believe that drinking alcohol is bad, especially when they're talking to the younger ones. What they're actually supposed to say is that they're not meant for children. That is because we all know that alcohol consumption is not actually bad for the health. However, just like everything else in the world, too much is definitely not good. Alcohol was actually meant to be just a normal drink. During the ancient times, wine is the most popular alcoholic drink since it was…

If gallstones are present, a sphincterotomy may be performed to open the sphincter of Oddi to help rid the gallstones from the body (Ignatavicius, 2013, p.1325). If this is unsuccessful, surgery may be indicated. A laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be performed to remove the gallbladder and gallstones, and a minimally invasive surgery may be performed to drain abscesses (Ignatavicius, 2013, p.1325).…