Newsletter 10: Gall bladder surgery - is it really necessary?

Recently, we have seen many patients who have had an ultrasound scan that showed they had small gallstones, and the doctor recommended immediate gallstone surgery.

Many private hospitals advertise that a biliary operation will not cause any further problems for the patient, just "eat a diet" hereinafter referred to as.

🍔 Who would like to live their life without spices, eggs, sausage, pork chops, ribs, cakes, etc.?

🤢 In addition, the majority of patients experience similar complaints after biliary surgery as before (bloating, right rib-arch pain, diarrhoea or constipation, lightening stools, etc.), and a high proportion of patients report to us that they have IBS and reflux is.

❗ But there are indeed cases where biliary surgery cannot be avoided:

• the gallbladder can no longer contract due to gallstones
• if the gallstones cannot be dissolved with bile acids and bile extraction is not an option (hard, calcareous stones)
• if gallstones block the bile duct

✔️ In other cases, you should try the with gallstone solution, which involves taking bile acids for several months to reduce the size of cholesterol gallstones, such as about 80% of gallstones. Other options include bile stone crushing.

📕 Ann Louise Gittleman, one of the top 10 nutritionists in the US, has written a great article summarising all the functions of the gallbladder and what happens to our body when it is removed. You can read a translation of his article in English by clicking on the link below: Gall bladder - The disposable organ we cannot live without.