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	Biliary Tract Disorders, Gallbladder Disorders And Gallstone Pancreatitis - Patients - American College of ...
		Gallstones are collections of cholesterol, bile pigment or a combination of the two, which can form in the gallbladder or within the bile ducts of the liver.
		A gallstone in the common bile duct is called choledocholithiasis and may cause intermittent or constant discomfort.
		Gallstone pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas that results from blockage of the pancreas duct by a gallstone.
	www.acg.gi.org /patients/gihealth/biliary.asp?mode=print& (2139 words)

	Gallstones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Gallstones can block the normal flow of bile if they move from the gallbladder and lodge in any of the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the small intestine.
		Because gallstone symptoms may be similar to those of a heart attack, appendicitis, ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, hiatal hernia, pancreatitis, and hepatitis, an accurate diagnosis is important.
		Gallstones are more common among older adults; women; American Indians; Mexican Americans; people with diabetes; those with a family history of gallstones; people who are overweight, obese, or undergo rapid weight loss; and those taking cholesterol-lowering drugs.
	digestive.niddk.nih.gov /ddiseases/pubs/gallstones (2369 words)

	Gallstone removal, kideny stone removal and gallbladder flush
		Gallstones and kidney stones usually occur together because both stones are very often the result of stagnation.
		Gallstones may be caused by chemical disturbance, faulty diet, liver sluggishness or toxicity, gallbladder stagnation or bile stasis which is often the result of sluggish liver.
		The presence of gallstones is often a contributing factor to weak spleen because the nerves on the spleen and gallbladder are connected to each other.
	www.sensiblehealth.com /gallstone.html (1615 words)

	USNews.com: Health: Gallstone Disease: Overview
		Gallstone disease is the most common disorder affecting the body's biliary system, the network of organs and ducts that create, transport, store, and release bile.
		In size, gallstones can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball.
		The primary therapy for gallstones that are causing pain, inflammation, or infection is removal of the gallbladder.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/health/digestive-diseases/gallstones/gallstones.about.htm (494 words)

	Gallstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In medicine, gallstones (choleliths) are crystalline bodies formed within the body by accretion or concretion of normal or abnormal bile components.
		Gallstones vary in size and may be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball.
		Gallstones are, oddly, a valuable by-product of meat processing, fetching up to $900 US an ounce in their use as a purported aphrodisiac in the herbal medicine of some cultures.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gallstone (1111 words)

	Gallstone Removal: Encyclopedia of Surgery
		Also known as cholelithotomy, gallstone removal is a procedure that rids the gallbladder of calculus buildup.
		Gallstones are approximately two times more common in females than in males.
		The success rate of the fragmentation of the gallstone and urinary clearance is inversely proportional to stone size and number: patients with a small solitary stone have the best outcome, with high rates of stone clearance (95% are cleared within 12–18 months), while patients with multiple stones are at risk for poor clearance rates.
	health.enotes.com /surgery-encyclopedia/gallstone-removal (2056 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Gallstones
		Gallstones are formed within the gallbladder, an organ that stores bile excreted from the liver.
		Gallstones may be as small as a grain of sand, or they may become as large as an inch in diameter, depending on how long they have been forming.
		Gallstones often have no symptoms and are usually discovered by a routine x-ray, surgery, or autopsy.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000273.htm (1058 words)

	Gallstone: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		As news dribbled in, it appeared that a gallstone had fallen into my common bile duct, keeping the juices backed...already had made their pronouncements: the gallbladder and the gallstones had to come out or I was likely to show up here again with...
		The most common cause of acute pancreatitis is blockage by a gallstone of the main secretory duct from the pancreas as well as the common bile duct.
		The researchers said gallstone sufferers are also at a greater risk...cent more likely to have suffered from gallstones than our controls, with an apparently...figure was not statistically significant, gallstones are often related to high cholesterol...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/gallstone.jsp?l=G&p=1 (1108 words)

	Regular Exercise May Prevent Gallstone Surgery
		Gallstones are an important cause of disease and a common reason for surgery.
		A gallstone can develop when bile, cholesterol, calcium salts and other substances come together to form a mass in the gallbladder, the organ that stores bile.
		Gallstones often exist without causing symptoms, but surgery is sometimes necessary when the stones cause severe pain.
	www.mercola.com /1999/archive/exercise_prevents_gallstone_surgery.htm (665 words)

	Article : Images - Gallstone Ileus ; Author : A H Shahat ; Co-Author(s) : A M Obaideen, U C Pandey ; Vol / Issue : 12 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Gallstone ileus is a mechanical obstruction caused by impaction of gallstone(s) in any part of the gastrointestinal tract.
		The symptoms and signs of gallstone ileus are vague and recognition of this condition is vital in the elderly, given its high mortality [2].
		The gas in the gallbladder fossa is not always recognized in plain abdominal radiography and recognition of gallstones in the intestinal lumen depends upon the density of calcium in the stone [2, 4].
	www.ijri.org /articles/archives/2002-12-3/abdominal_349.htm (978 words)

	BioMed Central \| Full text \| Bouveret's syndrome complicated by distal gallstone ileus after laser lithotropsy using ...
		Gallstone in the distal ileum with air in the center and partial destruction of the stone shell.
		Bouveret's syndrome is a rare complication of cholecystolithiasis with gastric outlet obstruction caused by a gallstone migrating through a cholecystoduodenal fistula [1,2].
		But there is a considerable risk in these cases to convert a proximal gallstone ileus into a distal gallstone ileus as the result of partial fragmentation and manipulation of the stone.
	www.biomedcentral.com /1471-230x/2/15 (1909 words)

	First-Ever Gallstone Prevention Medication Now Available
		Gallstones are one of the most significant complications of voluntary rapid weight loss.
		While it is unclear what percentage of people with silent gallstones will develop symptomatic gallstones, they can be very painful and can lead to a variety of potentially serious symptoms and problems.
		Gallstones are clusters of solid material, mostly cholesterol, that form in the gallbladder.
	www.docguide.com /dg.nsf/PrintPrint/6BBF2152F687CC9485256491004A7381 (813 words)

	Gallstone (or Biliary) Pancreatitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Gallstone pancreatitis is considered to cause some 35% of all pancreatitis attacks in the United States.
		The diagnosis of gallstone pancreatitis is suspected when patients present with histories of biliary colic (pain attributable to gallstone disease), and abnormalities of their liver function tests are noted when they present with pancreatitis.
		It is also agreed that patients with gallstone pancreatitis who are deemed not to need a preoperative ERCP for clearance of their bile duct from stones should undergo an intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) at the time of their gallbladder surgery, in order to ensure that their bile duct is indeed clear.
	www.ercp.ucla.edu /pages/info/pancreas/biliary-pancreatitis.html (670 words)

	Gallstones
		Gallstones are pieces of solid material that form in the gallbladder.
		Gallstones can form when there is an imbalance in the substances that make up bile.
		If gallstones are in the bile ducts, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) may be used to find and remove them before or during gallbladder surgery.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/90/100637.htm (873 words)

	US Attorney General in Hospital for Gallstone Pancreatitis
		Gallstone pancreatitis is caused when a migrating gallstone obstructs the ampulla of Vater.
		'The therapeutic ERCP with endoscopic sphincterotomy and drainage of the bile duct with extraction of gallstones is of primary importance in the therapy of cholangitis.
		'Gallstone pancreatitis usually responds to conservative medical therapy, but it is important to identify those patients who require urgent endoscopic therapy in order to shorten the course of the disease and prevent pancreatic complications.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=6380 (1718 words)

	Gallbladder Gallstones - Detox - Flush - Cleanse
		Approximately 1 in 12 Americans have gallstones, even though many do not feel them and are unaware they have them.
		Gallstones can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball and may be smooth and round or irregular with a number of edges.
		Gallstones, often yellow in color, are composed mainly of undissolved cholesterol, although they can also have other components, such as calcium and bilirubin, the residue from the breakdown of red blood cells.
	www.gallbladder-gallstones.com (1860 words)

	HHMI News: Promising New Directions for Gallstone Treatment
		A promising experimental compound prevents cholesterol gallstone disease in mice by stimulating the biochemical pathway that controls bile acid secretion by the liver, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers.
		Gallstones are formed by a disruption in the normal balance of bile acids and phospholipids that are pumped from the liver into the gall bladder.
		In their studies, the researchers sought to determine the role of a protein known as farnesoid X receptor (FXR), which controls genes whose proteins regulate the transport of bile acids and phospholipids from the liver into the gallbladder.
	www.hhmi.org /news/mangelsdorf3.html (988 words)

	Gallstone removal
		Also known as cholelithotomy, gallstone removal is the medical procedure that rids the gallbladder of calculus buildup.
		The chemistry of gallstones is complex and interesting.
		Gallstones will cause the sudden onset of pain in the upper abdomen.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/gallstone_removal.jsp (975 words)

	gallstone - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Gallbladder, Gallbladder, biliary colic as cause of passage of gallstones, causes and treatment, James Polk’s gallstone operation
		The major disorder associated with the gallbladder is the presence of gallstones, varying in shape and size from a pea to a small pear.
		Gallstones consist mainly of cholesterol, bile pigments, and calcium salts.
	encarta.msn.com /gallstone.html (117 words)

	Experimental compound prevents cholesterol gallstone disease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A promising experimental compound prevents cholesterol gallstone disease in mice by stimulating the biochemical pathway that controls bile acid secretion by the liver, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers.
		Gallstones are formed by a disruption in the normal balance of bile acids and phospholipids that are pumped from the liver into the gall bladder.
		In their studies, the researchers sought to determine the role of a protein known as farnesoid X receptor (FXR), which controls genes whose proteins regulate the transport of bile acids and phospholipids from the liver into the gallbladder.
	www.news-medical.net /?id=6436 (969 words)

	Gallstone Disease -- eCureMe.com
		Gallstones occur when the bile in the gallbladder becomes over concentrated (they precipitate out like the salt crystal lab experiments done by children in grade school) and form "stones" or crystals in the gallbladder or bile ducts.
		Gallstones are predominantly of two types: 1) cholesterol (80%) and 2)
		Diabetics with gallstones usually need them removed because they are at risk for sudden, severe infections and perforations of the gallbladder wall.
	www.ecureme.com /emyhealth/data/Gallstone_Disease.asp (299 words)

	SSAT - 2001 Abstract: 2399 The Role of Genetics in Gallstone Pathogenesis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Obesity, gender, age and parity are all known risk factors for the development of gallstone disease.
		METHODS - To better define the role of genetics in gallstone pathogenesis, a gallbladder disease specific questionnaire was administered to a group of 904 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 90.
		Therefore, we conclude that gallstone disease is most likely to occur in patients who are fat, forty, female, fertile and have a positive family history.
	www.ssat.com /cgi-bin/abstracts/01ddw/2399.cgi?printme=1&affiliation= (375 words)

	AR Online » Current Issue » Gallstone ileus
		Gallstone disease affects 10% to 15% of people in the United States and produces symptoms in 25% to 30% of cases.
		The use of CT is well-established in the evaluation of small-bowel obstruction and in the evaluation of the acute abdomen.
		Mechanical obstruction from gallstone is an uncommon but important and detectable complication of gallstone disease, often presenting as partial or complete small-bowel obstruction in the elderly patient with an acute abdomen.
	appliedradiology.com /case/case.asp?Id=556&IssueID=130&CatID=43&... (1045 words)

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