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Does Cholecystectomy Help To Alleviate Persistent Upper Abdominal Pain?

I have been having RUQ on and off for two years now. It s fairly constant, but gets worse with alcohol, caffeine, and chocolate. Liver enzymes normal. US shows normal except 5mm gallbladder polyp. HIDA scan shows 88%, which I understand could be hyperkinetic. Will getting my gallbaldder removed fix this problem, or could I make things worse?
Tue, 27 Feb 2018
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Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thank you for your query. I am Dr. Rommstein, I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can.

Well, there are some nonsurgical methods but these are mostly unsuccesful. You need to change your dietary habits first. Need to avoid fried food, carbonated drinks, coffee, alcohol and spicy food. You should eat more milk products, vegetables and boiled food. Ursodeoxicolic acid may be used for smaller stones and may dissolve them and ultrasound waves may do it as well, but success is very limited.
If there is no improvement on lifestyle or dietary changes, then surgery is recommended.
I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time.
Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.
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Does Cholecystectomy Help To Alleviate Persistent Upper Abdominal Pain?

Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thank you for your query. I am Dr. Rommstein, I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can. Well, there are some nonsurgical methods but these are mostly unsuccesful. You need to change your dietary habits first. Need to avoid fried food, carbonated drinks, coffee, alcohol and spicy food. You should eat more milk products, vegetables and boiled food. Ursodeoxicolic acid may be used for smaller stones and may dissolve them and ultrasound waves may do it as well, but success is very limited. If there is no improvement on lifestyle or dietary changes, then surgery is recommended. I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time. Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.