Gallstones Treatment in Chennai

Cholecystectomy or Gallbladder removal surgery is often recommended for patients who suffer from pain associated with gallstones. Gallstones are hardened deposits of cholesterol or pigments that form within the gallbladder. Since the gallbladder is being removed entirely in this surgery, there will be minor digestive changes after the surgery. Since there is no gallbladder, excess bile cannot be stored anywhere. So your liver produces bile required for digestion in real-time and they keep coming to your stomach continuously. Soon after the surgery, our liver will quickly adapt to this change. It has been observed that our bile ducts will naturally enlarge (called duct dilation in medical terms) to accommodate more bile flowing. The average enlargement was found to be 3mm. The duct dilation it is said can go up to 10mm also normally. This in no way affects the health or functioning of the liver. So after a gallbladder removal surgery, your liver will still function hale and health...

One of the complications of the presence of gallstones is gangrenous cholecystitis. Gangrenous cholecystitis is defined as the death of the cells in the gallbladder wall due to the complete loss of blood supply to the gallbladder. This may happen because of extreme infection and inflation occluding the blood vessels that supply gallbladder.  Delaying surgery if the presence of gallstones has been diagnosed, leucocytosis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, obesity are some of the other factors that increase the risk of getting gangrenous cholecystitis. Data also says that men are more prone to gangrenous cholecystitis than women though cholecystitis or gallstone presence is detected more in women than men. Gangrenous cholecystitis has a higher mortality rate when compared to uncomplicated cholecystitis. So the better option always when you have been diagnosed with gallstones is to undergo gallbladder removal surgery or cholecystectomy.  Fix an appointment with...

Have you ever experienced a stressful situation where your tummy gets upset? Well, that is because your mental state has a significant impact on your digestive health. Thus managing stress is not only beneficial for your mental health, but it is also beneficial for your gut health too. Research says that our brain and our digestive system are intrinsically connected with a network of over 500 million neurons. The vagus nerve or the gut nerve which supplies the entire GI tract functions also supplies the heart and lungs. That is why during stressful situations, the cardiovascular system and the GI system gets affected. When we encounter a stressful situation, our body goes into its 'flight and fight' response which releases the hormone known as cortisol. In such stressful situations, our digestive system will experience symptoms like spasms of the esophagus, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. For those people who experience chronic bouts of stress, the damage do...