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GALLSTONES - Coggle Diagram
GALLSTONES
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effects
p - painful, discomfort, malnutrition as individual may not want to eat
i - time out for surgery and recovery, time off from vomiting
e - painful, upset, irritated, change diet hard, embarrassed from diarrhoea
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treatment
medications to dissolve stones, takes 2 years, not always effective
pain relief medications
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surgery - keyhole (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) - gives 1 scar, remove gallbladder
open surgery - long healing time and big scar
explanation
high levels of cholesterol in gallbladder. high levels of waste products bilirubin in gall bladder, chemical imbalance causes crystals to develop in bile these then grow into stones (Bilirubin and cholesterol)