Nutrimed Labs: CHOLELITHIASIS

Condition: CHOLELITHIASIS - GALLSTONES

SUGGESTED NUTRITION:

Lipotrope #979
3 per day - Improves bile flow, aids in rejuvenating the liver.

Livatrate #982
6 per day - Liver support.

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PATHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS:

An attack of acuter cholecystitis usually is preceded by a chronic insidious inflammatory reaction that may vary in degree from a few scattered lymphocytes to a very thick fibrous wall. There is controversy as to which appears first, the gallstones or the gallbladder inflammation. However, certain factors predict a serious course such as diabetes, stones more than 2 cm in diameter, a non-pacifying gallbladder, and a calcified gallbladder.

PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS:

10% of the general population of the USA have gallstones. 20% of the population over 40-years- old have gallstones. Formed exclusively in the liver, bile acids are a part of the role played in the formation of gallstones. These are steroid compounds derived from cholesterol and produced exclusively by the liver. Research reveals that these patients have a relative increase in cholesterol biosynthesis and a ative decrease in bile acid synthesis. These factors, along with gallbladder stasis, alterations in bile mucus, increased bilirubin concentrations, dietary, endocrine and genetic factors, add up to gallbladder disease with stone formation.

TREATMENT:

The majority of uncomplicated cases of acute cholelithiasis will resolve themselves with conservative medical treatment. Yet most surgeons consider early surgery to be the treatment of choice in almost all cases of this condition. A reasonable period of trial with conservative methods is recommended by most physicians who treat these cases.