Polyps in the gallbladder: symptoms, treatment and causes
What it is? Polyps in the gallbladder are benign lesions that arise on its internal mucosa.
The shape of polyps is round or oval. Some formations may have a leg.
Common polyps are common. Excessive proliferation of formations is called polyposis.
According to statistics, the disease is more often detected in women older than 30 years.
To date, the exact reasons for the formation of polyps are not defined. Predisposing factors of the disease include:
The gallbladder is a hollow organ whose walls consist of several layers, one of which is the muscle. Due to its functioning, the bladder shrinks and evacuates the bile into the lumen of the duodenum, so that further digestion takes place. Promotes the formation of cholesterol polyps stagnant bile.
They arise for many reasons. The most important of them are: violation of diet, stress, etc. As a result, the concentration of bile changes. It stagnates, becomes thick. The altered composition of bile leads to pathologies in the organ wall.
Against the backdrop of changes in the wall of the gallbladder, stones begin to form, which lead to an inflammatory process. In turn, inflammation promotes the formation of true polyps. They are most often located on a thin stalk.
In general, the disease( with a small number of polyps and their small size) is accompanied by an asymptomatic course. The growth of polyps is characterized by the appearance of symptoms characteristic of cholecystitis and dyskinesia. Very often they are accidentally detected with ultrasound.
Symptoms of the disease are manifested in large polyps, which disrupt the evacuation of bile and lead to dyskinesia.
For the disease is characterized by the following symptoms: pain in the right upper quadrant, severity, nausea after eating, etc. A little later, dyskinesia passes into cholelithiasis. It is with these symptoms that the patient often consults a specialist.
The above symptoms are typical for many diseases of the gallbladder and ducts. That is why the doctor appoints an ultrasound method of investigation. With its help, the polyp is defined as a small formation adjacent to the inner membrane of the bladder.
Another reliable instrumental method is endoscopic ultrasonography, in which the patient swallows the sensor, as in the case of EGF.The sensor allows you to better know the smallest structures of the body. With its help, high quality images are obtained.
Treatment of the disease involved therapist, gastroenterologist and surgeon.
Polyps pose a health hazard, as they are prone to degeneration into a malignant tumor. The tactics of treatment depend on the following factors:
Small, large-sized polyps that do not show clinical symptoms are monitored using the ultrasound method once a year. Special control is exercised over the polyps sitting on the stalk. When they are examined every six months.
In polyps, as well as after cholecystectomy, it is important to observe a special gentle diet. The products containing coarse fiber, cholesterol, essential oils, spices are excluded. Products should be used in a twisted, finely chopped form. Food should enter the body often up to 6 times a day and in small portions in a warm form. A day is recommended to consume at least 1.5 liters of water.
Folk medicine offers proven recipes used to treat the disease in unopened cases. It is important to remember that all folk methods should be approved by a doctor.
The shape of polyps is round or oval. Some formations may have a leg.
Common polyps are common. Excessive proliferation of formations is called polyposis.
According to statistics, the disease is more often detected in women older than 30 years.
Reasons for
To date, the exact reasons for the formation of polyps are not defined. Predisposing factors of the disease include:
- hypersecretion of cholesterol;
- metabolic disorders;
- consumes mainly fatty, fried foods;
- hereditary predisposition;
- history of liver disease: hepatitis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, etc.
Classification of polyps
- 1) Adenomatous polyp is derived from glandular tissue;
- 2) Inflammatory polyp arises as a result of long pathological processes in the gallbladder of an inflammatory nature;
- 3) Cholesterol polyp occurs when hypersecretion and deposition of cholesterol on the mucosa of the gallbladder.
In addition, under the polyp can mask the papilloma of the mucosa.
Pathogenesis of the disease
The gallbladder is a hollow organ whose walls consist of several layers, one of which is the muscle. Due to its functioning, the bladder shrinks and evacuates the bile into the lumen of the duodenum, so that further digestion takes place. Promotes the formation of cholesterol polyps stagnant bile.
They arise for many reasons. The most important of them are: violation of diet, stress, etc. As a result, the concentration of bile changes. It stagnates, becomes thick. The altered composition of bile leads to pathologies in the organ wall.
Against the backdrop of changes in the wall of the gallbladder, stones begin to form, which lead to an inflammatory process. In turn, inflammation promotes the formation of true polyps. They are most often located on a thin stalk.
Symptoms of polyps in the gallbladder
In general, the disease( with a small number of polyps and their small size) is accompanied by an asymptomatic course. The growth of polyps is characterized by the appearance of symptoms characteristic of cholecystitis and dyskinesia. Very often they are accidentally detected with ultrasound.
Symptoms of the disease are manifested in large polyps, which disrupt the evacuation of bile and lead to dyskinesia.
For the disease is characterized by the following symptoms: pain in the right upper quadrant, severity, nausea after eating, etc. A little later, dyskinesia passes into cholelithiasis. It is with these symptoms that the patient often consults a specialist.
Diagnosis
The above symptoms are typical for many diseases of the gallbladder and ducts. That is why the doctor appoints an ultrasound method of investigation. With its help, the polyp is defined as a small formation adjacent to the inner membrane of the bladder.
Another reliable instrumental method is endoscopic ultrasonography, in which the patient swallows the sensor, as in the case of EGF.The sensor allows you to better know the smallest structures of the body. With its help, high quality images are obtained.
Treatment of polyps in the gallbladder
Treatment of the disease involved therapist, gastroenterologist and surgeon.
Polyps pose a health hazard, as they are prone to degeneration into a malignant tumor. The tactics of treatment depend on the following factors:
- severity of the symptoms of the disease;
- the size of the polyp;
- polyp growth rate. The growth of the polyp by 2 mm more per year is considered to be rapid. A provoking factor in the growth of education is pregnancy.
Currently, such operations are increasingly carried out by the endoscopic method( through small incisions in the abdominal region).After them, the recovery of the organism occurs much faster.
Small, large-sized polyps that do not show clinical symptoms are monitored using the ultrasound method once a year. Special control is exercised over the polyps sitting on the stalk. When they are examined every six months.
In polyps, as well as after cholecystectomy, it is important to observe a special gentle diet. The products containing coarse fiber, cholesterol, essential oils, spices are excluded. Products should be used in a twisted, finely chopped form. Food should enter the body often up to 6 times a day and in small portions in a warm form. A day is recommended to consume at least 1.5 liters of water.
Treatment of polyps in the gallbladder with folk remedies
Folk medicine offers proven recipes used to treat the disease in unopened cases. It is important to remember that all folk methods should be approved by a doctor.
- 1) Bear bile should be taken for 6 months 2 capsules per day. The drug dilutes bile, reduces its stagnation and the occurrence of cholesterol deposits;
- 2) A celandine in the amount of 25 grams is poured with 0.5 liters of steep boiling water. An hour later the broth should be filtered and drunk 50 ml on an empty stomach 3 times a day. The general course of treatment is 1 month with interruptions in 10 days the broth can be drunk repeatedly;
- 3) Old mushrooms in the amount of 15 pieces should be crushed and mixed with 100 ml of vodka. After 7 days the tincture will be ready. Mushrooms are filtered and mixed with butter 500g.50 g of honey are added to the product, all are thoroughly mixed. It is used every time after eating;
- 4) After the mushroom mixture, it is recommended to prolong the treatment of aloe. The mixture is prepared and applied, as well as with the mushrooms, only 10 leaves of aloe are added instead. It is recommended to be washed down with hot tea;
- 5) Effective for polyps collection of the following herbs: a three-leaved watch, flowers of immortelle, peppermint, coriander.