It's the Small Things - Cholecystitis and Gallstones
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
4.8 ā¢ 996 Ratings
šļø 29 July 2024
ā±ļø 10 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we will dive into the often overlooked but potentially painful world of cholecystitis and gallstones. These conditions can cause significant discomfort and may lead to serious complications if not properly managed.
We will explore the symptoms, causes, and risk factors associated with cholecystitis and gallstones, as well as the diagnostic methods used to identify them. Additionally, we will discuss the various treatment options available, ranging from lifestyle changes and medications to surgical interventions.
Join Dr. Niket Sonpal as we shed light on this important digestive issue and provide valuable insights to help you better understand and manage cholecystitis and gallstones.
July 29, 2024
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| 0:00.0 | There's an old saying that you should not throw stones if your house is made of glass. |
| 0:04.8 | And that's a very logical statement. |
| 0:06.6 | But what if these stones occur without you knowing? |
| 0:09.3 | What if they're occurring inside of your body, developing, lying dormant, and waiting to sneak up on |
| 0:15.2 | you and cause all kinds of pain, problems, and issues. |
| 0:19.5 | You might be wondering, where am I going with this? |
| 0:21.7 | Well it turns out we're going to continue our series on It's the Small Things. |
| 0:26.0 | And this week, we're going to be discussing a small little organ that can wreak havoc in your patient's lives. |
| 0:31.0 | You guessed it. |
| 0:32.0 | We're going to be talking about the gallbladder. Ah, yes. in your |
| 0:34.2 | Gessed guess it. We're gonna be talking about the gallbladder. Ah yes, that pear shaped organ that lives beneath the liver and it creates tiny little stones as gifts to you |
| 0:40.4 | But some of those gifts can be deadly. So join me Dr. |
| 0:43.6 | Nachette-Slon-Paul, your friendly-mabored internist and gastontrologist |
| 0:46.6 | where we discuss some of the small things in this series and we're going to be talking |
| 0:49.7 | about the gallbladder and course, those awful gallstones. |
| 0:53.6 | Q that music, my man. Now before we start let's dispel some myths. First of all the gall batter is a hollow blue-gray organ that sits in a little depression below the right lobe of the liver. |
| 1:16.3 | Now Nettor, when he drew out all of his atlases, atlas I'm not really sure. |
| 1:21.2 | Point is, he described the entire billiary system as being |
| 1:24.5 | green, including the gallbladder. Now Bile is dark green, but the gallbladder itself |
| 1:29.4 | is not, nor is the billiary system. And as a gastrantroologist and biliary specialist, |
| 1:35.0 | I can tell you that finding that out early early in training |
| 1:38.0 | was a little disillusioning. |
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