In modern medical practice, diseases of the gallbladder are common. Often this is due to a sedentary lifestyle, the use of low-quality food and bad habits. This leads to a slowdown in the gallbladder and the formation of a suspension in it. What it is? Basically, it's a collection of bile.
At first, a person may not feel changes in their own body until the first symptoms appear.
First, you need to understand the mechanism of suspension formation. The functioning of the gallbladder depends on the lifestyle of a person. The use of foods with high cholesterol levels, low physical activity, alcohol abuse - all this ultimately leads to a slowdown in the reduced function of the organ. Bile begins to thicken gradually. Cholesterol crystals, along with calcium and protein, begin to stick together, forming a suspension. What it is? This process is differentcalled sludge syndrome.
Causes of thickening of bile
- Genetic predisposition.
- Age and gender. Women are more susceptible to this syndrome, which is associated with their special metabolism. After age 40, blood cholesterol levels rise and bile acid synthesis decreases.
- Food. Fatty and fried foods, as well as carbohydrates, worsen the tone of the muscles of the gallbladder, which contributes to high cholesterol.
- Taking certain medications. Calcium supplements, oral contraceptives, antibiotics, statins, eg.
- Obesity or a sharp weight loss of more than 7-8 kg.
Symptoms
- Aching pains in the right hypochondrium, which become more pronounced after eating, especially fatty and fried food.
- Decreased appetite.
- Feeling sick.
- Heartburn.
- Vomiting after eating.
- Violation of the intestines (most often constipation, but their alternation with diarrhea is typical).
What is a suspension? What are its morphological types? These can be bile clots or stones of different sizes (from a few millimeters to centimeters). Depending on the morphological type of suspension, the treatment tactics will also change.
Diagnosis
To begin with, the doctor collects the information he needs from the patient's life, his complaints, conducts an external examination and palpation of the abdominal cavity. After appointing basic tests. Biochemistryblood is needed to detect changes in the functioning of the liver and the metabolic process in the body.
But the "gold standard" for diagnosing the disease is an ultrasound of the abdominal organs. This will visualize what the suspension in the gallbladder is and clarify its morphology.
