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GALL BLADDER

GALL BLADDER

- GALL BLADDER IS LOCATED IN RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN
- IT STORES ABOUT 30 TO 50 ML OF BILE AT A TIME
- EMPTIES BILE INTO THE DUODENUM AFTER FATTY FOOD
- IT IS THE GALL STONE FORMING AREA
- MAY REQUIRE REMOVAL IN CASE OF ANY DISEASE LIKE GALL STONE
- CAN LIVE NORMALLY EVEN AFTER REMOVING THE GALL BLADDER.

GALL STONE DISEASE (GSD)

GALL STONE DISEASE (GSD)

- SOLID CONCRETIONS NOTED IN THE GALL BLADDER
- PIGMENT STONES, CHOLESTEROL STONES AND MIXED STONES ARE THE COMMON TYPES
- CAN CAUSE PAIN DUE TO BILIARY COLIC DUE TO CYSTIC DUCT STONE IMPACTION
- BILIARY COLIC WITH INFECTION IS CALCULUS CHOLECYSTITIS
- CAN BLOCK BILE DUCT AND CAUSE JAUNDICE
- COMMONEST CAUSE OF PANCREATITIS

BACTERIOLOGY OF BILIARY TREE

BACTERIOLOGY OF BILIARY TREE

- SALMONELLA TYPHI
- ESCHERICHIA COLI
- KLEBSELLA PNEUMONIAE
- PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
- CITROBACTOR FREUNDII
- ENTEROCOCCUS SPP

PROBABLE SYMPTOMS OF GALL STONE DISEASE

PROBABLE SYMPTOMS OF GALL STONE DISEASE

- PAIN ABOMEN AFTER FOOD
- VOMITING
- FEVER
- JAUNDICE
- PANCREATITIS
- PERITONITIS

REASONS FOR JAUNDICE IN GALL STONE DISEASE

REASONS FOR JAUNDICE IN GALL STONE DISEASE

- BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION
- HAEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE
- GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS
- GALL BLADDER PERFORATION
- SEPTICEMIA
- ASSOCIATED VIRAL HEPATITIS

COMMONLY DONE TESTS IN GALL STONE DISEASE PATIENTS

COMMONLY DONE TESTS IN GALL STONE DISEASE PATIENTS

- USG ABDOMEN
- LIVER FUNCTION TEST
- MRCP
- HAEMOGRAM
- AMYLASE AND LIPASE
- HAEMOLYTIC WORK UP