• Papiermache@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    40
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    1 year ago

    Stones travel via the cystic duct into the common bile duct having no interaction with the liver. I mean that can block shit up and restrict outflow from the liver but this comic is physiologically incorrect. I’m great at parties

  • subspaceinterferents@lemdro.id
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    28
    ·
    1 year ago

    They took out my gallbladder because of stones. No place to store the bile now. Without a gallbladder, the bile enters the intestine in a fairly random way. In some people, that bile acts as a powerful laxative. Unfortunately, I’m in that group. I have challenges now. I miss my gallbladder. Stupid gallbladder.

    • Gopher Protocol@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      1 year ago

      My GI doctor prescribed me Colesevelam for that. It’s a cholesterol drug but it’s used off-label for treating post-cholecystectomy diarrhea. Looks like cholestyramine is also used for that. Worth asking your doctor about. It worked for me after we dialed in the dosage.

  • LurkNoMore@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    1 year ago

    Was in the hospital over Thanksgiving a great years back cause of gallstones. Morphine good.

    Life without a gallbladder isn’t terrible for me.