The Gallstones

Stemians, what do you do if your stomach suddenly feels tremendous pain? Prostrate, massage, lifting both legs up, or back and forth directionless? Whatever your answer, when the pain starts chronically, all these actions are meaningless. Why is that? Read more on this article.

I just want to share a little experience and knowledge about this disease. Have you ever heard of gallstones? Yes, the pain caused by gallstones is generally almost the same as sick stomach acid, mag, and appendicitis. Part of the stomach will feel tremendous pain, bloating, cramps, and more. Because of the resemblance to some of the diseases I mentioned above, this gallstone disease is ignored by the sufferer or those around.

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"Ah came the ordinary wind, flatulence." Or "The only sick mag or acid rises." At least two of these answers are most commonly heard, when people complain of pain in the abdomen. And if only we want diagnose it more deeply, not infrequently the pain caused by existing stones in bile.

In mid 2014, I became a sufferer of gallstones. Although not classified as fierce and deadly, but gallstones enough to make me dither. This is because the disease produces effects such as wanting to defecate continuously, throwing wind, pain or cramps in the abdomen. As a result, activities and routines also participate disrupted.

I never thought I would have gallstones. As most people say, I still think the pain is an ordinary stomachache due to colds, or due to stomach acid that starts to irritate due to irregular eating patterns. For that reason there is no serious prevention effort that I do. When the pain comes, I rush to drink warm water as much as possible, or consume stomach medications such as, promag and mylanta.

Sometimes it works well when it hurts. But not infrequently also ill often continues until it must end with a total break without any movement. As my experienced one night, after enjoying the fruit durian from my friend's garden in Aceh Besar. Before consuming the sharp smelling fruit, my health condition is quite good.

Therefore also, when night comes, when I meet the invitation of my friend, I gobble up the spiked fruit. The result, at around 00:30 WIB, 40 minutes after leaving home from my friend's village, I moaned sick. My stomach was like being stirred by something, and I kept wind out.

There I still think that this is an ordinary stomachache or abdominal bloating due to gas gasses produced durian fruit. To relieve the pain, I think enough to drink warm water. But it turns out the habit did not work out.

Until 01:05 pm, the pain is getting worse. Unable to restrain, I was taken to the hospital. By a doctor on duty, I was claimed to have a flatulence. Durian fruit produces a gas that interferes with stomach activity. Because of that claim I was given a pain relief capsule. The small white capsule is inserted into the rectal opening. It's really annoying, because it feels like a cursing mess. Plus the menthol flavor that slowly began to react, dam up to the stomach.

About half an hour later, the effects of the drug began to react well. The pain in the abdomen slowly began to decrease. The wind was incessantly out. Until at 03.00 WIB in the morning, my condition began to normal. So I decided to go home.

Similar conditions, I returned a week later. And again the claim is still the same. Similarly, the treatment of healing, the same. What distinguishes only one thing, I am in ultrasound to know the condition of the stomach. As a result, there is no such appendicitis or other diseases. I was allowed to go home, after all night stay and get better again.

Two weeks passed, the pain still came. It's just that his tension is much lighter than some time ago. As a result, my activities continue to run.

Until one day, the pain really made me give up. Even crying moaning. The pain is incredible. Whereas before all my pain prevention efforts do. Starting from drinking herbs, to traditional massage.

Before the stone-taking operation was done, I was treated for 6 six days in one of the sick in Medan. It so happened that when I felt such a tremendous pain, I was there for a need. But a day was there, the stomach pain was immediately disturbing.

To withstand the pain I had, the nurse at the hospital gave me an anti-pain medication. The drug is in the form of a liquid filled in a bottle, almost similar to an infusion fluid. The first day there, I was given as many as 12 bottles. Continue to decrease until the next days.

My condition was getting weaker during the hospital. Appetite decreases dramatically, so does drinking. The doctors who come in just take care of sober. Until the 5th day, it is damaged for endescopy and ultrasound. And that's where it is known that the pain I experienced due to gallstones disorder.

There are four stones the size of the seeds of thorny palm in my gallbladder. One stone has even shifted, almost towards the pancreas. If I just fell there, then I'm finished.

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After the cause of the illness is known, the doctor decides to process the surgery. But because the cost is too expensive, about Rp32 million, the family decided to process the operation carried out in Aceh alone. After the surgery, more or less I was lying idle for 4 weeks.

• Characteristic of Gallstones

Gallstones are small rocks derived from cholesterol or fat accumulated in the bile ducts. Reflecting from the above experience, then I need to convey the characteristics of how when exposed to gallstones. As for the following:

First, always throw the wind or fart, to defecate; personally I often experience this. But unexpectedly, exhausting and frequent bowel movements are part of the symptoms of gallstones. Although waste is a common and commonplace for us, but if often happens, you should be wary of it.

What I know from a conversation with a doctor when treated, this fart caused by gas uptake in the body. Normally gallstones often make the stomach bloated or easy to catch cold.

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Second, pain in the shoulder; this thing you can feel do not work at work computer or not. Although you have tried to twist the neck to the right and to the left, but still pain, even like squeezed.

Third, persistent abdominal pain;
Fourth, high fever;
Fifth, jaundice;
Sixth, fast heartbeat;
Seventh, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting;
Eighth, dazed;
Ninth, loss of appetite;

• Risk Factors

Here are the factors that can increase the risk of gallstones:

• Overweight or obese

• Eat foods high in fat

• Eat a diet high in cholesterol

• Eat low fiber foods

• Has a family history of gallstones

• Have diabetes

• Losing weight is very fast

• Taking estrogen-containing drugs, such as oral contraceptives or hormone therapy; in this case, my treating doctor once said if taking drugs, alcoholic drinks twice as fast adds to the risk of gallstones.

• Have liver disease

• Complications

Gallstones complications may include:

• Inflammation of the gallbladder;

1. Gallstones caught in the neck of the gallbladder can cause inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis). Cholecystitis can cause severe pain and fever.

2. Common bile duct obstruction. Gallstones can block the tube (channel) where the bile flows from the gallbladder or liver to your small intestine. Jaundice and bile duct infections may occur.

3. Blockage of the pancreatic ducts. The pancreatic duct is a tube that extends from the pancreas to the common bile ducts. Pancreatic juice, which helps digestion, flows through the pancreatic ducts.

Gallstones can cause blockage of the pancreatic ducts, which can cause pancreas inflammation (pancreatitis). Pancreatitis causes intense and constant abdominal pain and usually requires hospitalization.

• gallbladder cancer; people with a history of gallstones have an increased risk of gall bladder cancer. But gallbladder cancer is very rare, so even though the risk of cancer increases, the possibility of gallbladder cancer is still very small.

• Prevention

You can reduce your risk of gallstones if you:

• Eat regularly. Try to stick to your regular meals every day. If you need to lose weight, do it slowly. Rapid weight loss can increase the risk of gallstones. Try to lose 1 or 2 pounds (about 0.5 to 1 kilogram) a week.

Gallstones allegedly formed due to hardening of cholesterol accumulated in bile. Therefore, you should apply a healthy and balanced diet and avoid the consumption of foods that contain fat and kolestrerol high. Example:

• Food with coconut milk like rendang (meat), kolak (banana's mix with some fruits and coconut), and vegetable ketupat.
• Oily foods like fried foods.
• Food made from beans such as peanut sauce or satay seasoning.
• Snacks and chips.

Too much alcohol consumption can also increase the risk, so it should not be excessive. In general, the recommended recommendation is no more than 2 units of alcohol per day. These two units of alcohol are simply equal to about 1.5 cans of beer or 1.5 glasses of wine (wine). Keep in mind that each liquor has different levels of alcohol, so the amount should be adjusted so as not to exceed the maximum limit per day.

• Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity and overweight increase the risk of gallstones. Work to achieve a healthy weight by reducing the number of calories you eat and increasing the amount of physical activity you get. Once you achieve a healthy weight, try to maintain weight by continuing your healthy diet and continue to exercise.

• Apply apple and epsomite salt therapy; the procedure of treatment is as follows:

1. For five consecutive days drink four (4) glasses of fresh apple juice daily, or eat four or five fresh apples, depending on your taste. Apples nutritious soften gallstone. During this time you can eat as usual.

2. On the sixth day do not eat dinner. At 6 pm, stir a teaspoon of Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate, English salt) with a glass of warm water. Do the same thing at 8 in the evening.

Magnesium sulfate merit open the vessels of the gallbladder. At 10 pm mix half a cup of olive oil (or sesame oil) with half a cup of fresh orange juice. Stir in moderately before drinking. The oil lubricates the stones to smooth out the gallstones.

The next day you will find greenish stones in your big waste water. Try to count the numbers. There are 40, 50 to 100 rocks. Without any symptoms you may have hundreds of stones successfully removed through this method, although it may not be all out.

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So stemian, hopefully there are benefits for all. This article is my personal experience, but to enrich writing, I also quote some of the following sources:

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