Five early symptoms of stomach cancer that are often 'mild and indistinct'
Symptoms could be mistaken for less serious health issues such as gallstones or acid reflux, a doctor warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Common toilet issue can signal gallstones - when to get medical advice
If left untreated, gallstones can cause serious problems and can even be life threatening. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Was This Patient Turning So Yellow?
Doctors quickly found the cause of the patient ’s excruciating abdominal pain. They had to dig deeper to find what was giving him a peculiar tint. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Sanders, M.D. Tags: Gallbladder Jaundice Gallstones Source Type: news
Case Shows Danger of Gallstone Ileus in Patients Over 65
(MedPage Today) -- Clinicians found CT scan to be best diagnostic tool (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - May 2, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
What to Know About Pancreatic Disorders and IBD
Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) starts in the gut, it doesn’t always stay there. According to a 2015 study in the journal Inflammatory Bowel Disease, up to 47% of people with IBD will develop what are called “extraintestinal manifestations,” or EIMs. That means the disease ranges outside of the gut and causes problems in other tissues or organs. Not only are EIMs common, but many people experience more than one of them. That same 2015 study found that up to a quarter of IBD patients who develop an EIM will have more than one.
The skin, joints, and eyes are among the most common sites of these be...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Gut health Source Type: news
Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme. Here ’ s What You Need to Know
Chris Rose lost ten years of his health—not to mention his gallbladder—to a single tick bite. The tick bit in 2010 and Rose, now a 50-year-old network engineer in Chapel Hill, N.C., thought little of it at the time.
“It was one of those lone star ticks,” he says, “and I just picked it off me. It wasn’t a big deal.”
Before long, however, Rose began developing crushing chest pains, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Doctors screened him for heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and gallstones, and even removed his gallbladder to see if that might ease the intesti...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
How Good is Cholecystectomy For Biliary Dyskinesia in Pediatric Patients?
Discussion
Biliary disease includes gallstones, cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder), cholangiopathy and cholangitis (pathology of the bile ducts), biliary dyskinesia, gangrene, and cancer. Some are often overlapping as gallstones often contributing to cholecystitis and cholangitis.
Biliary dyskinesia (BD) is well-recognized in adults. Adult criteria include: “abdominal pain located in the epigastrium and/or right upper quadrant along with; buildup of pain to a steady level and lasting 30 minutes or longer, pain occurring at different intervals and not daily, severe enough to interrupt activities or lead t...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 30, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
DR ELLIE CANNON: I have been told I have gallstones. So why am I not being treated?
DR ELLIE CANNON: Today's reader wants to know why his GP has not referred him onwards to have his recently-diagnosed gallstones to be removed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When can gallstones be a cause for concern? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions
DR MARTIN SCURR: Gallstones, known medically as cholelithiasis, are small stones, usually made up of cholesterol, which form in the gallbladder. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blink-182 Drummer Travis Barker Hospitalized With Pancreatitis
The pancreas is a big digestive gland that sits behind the stomach. It can get inflamed for a variety of reasons, but it is most often related to gallstone disease or excessive alcohol use. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Machine-learning algorithms can help health care staff correctly diagnose alcohol-associated hepatitis, acute cholangitis
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Acute cholangitis is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection that often is associated with gallstones. Symptoms include fever, jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, and elevated liver enzymes. While these may seem like distinctive, telltale symptoms, unfortunately, they are similar to those of a much different condition: alcohol-associated hepatitis. This challenges emergency department staff and other health care professionals who need to diagnose and treat patients with liver enzyme abnormalities and systemic inflammatory responses.… (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - July 1, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Augmented-Reality Imaging During Surgery for Bile-Duct Gallstones Reduces Residual Stones Augmented-Reality Imaging During Surgery for Bile-Duct Gallstones Reduces Residual Stones
Employment of an augmented reality-assisted navigation system (AR-ANS) during hepatectomy for hepatolithiasisiIncreases operative time but reduces the risk of residual and recurrent stones, a retrospective study suggests.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - June 16, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
Are These Stools Acholic?
Discussion
Color can be difficult to discern and communicate. Stooling is an important part of overall health and an important harbinger of potential illness. Stooling consistency and color changes with food, environment, medication, and health conditions.
For neonates and young infants, some hepatobiliary problems may not be seen at birth but in the next few days to weeks. This includes Alagille syndrome, biliary atresia and cystic fibrosis. It is not uncommon for these patients to have prolonged jaundice and therefore the diagnosis may be delayed with some presenting with increased jaundice, acholic stool and poor feedin...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 23, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Gallstone Disease May Be a Harbinger of Pancreatic Cancer Gallstone Disease May Be a Harbinger of Pancreatic Cancer
Patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma were six times more likely to have had gallstone disease within the year prior to their diagnosis than noncancer patients.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - May 16, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
DDW: Gallstone Disease May Predict Pancreatic Cancer Incidence
Gallstone presentation may be a missed opportunity for earlier diagnosis (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - May 14, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Surgery, Conference News, Source Type: news
