POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME AND HOW HOMOEOPATHY TACKLES THE DISEASE

Postcholecystectomy syndrome refers to the occurrence of abdominal symptoms after cholecystectomy.

Postcholecystectomy syndrome occurs in 5 to 40% of patients. It refers to presumed gallbladder symptoms that continue or that develop after cholecystectomy. In about 10% of patients, biliary colic appears to result from functional or structural abnormalities of the sphincter of Oddi, resulting in altered biliary pressures or heightened sensitivity.

SYMPTOMS: - are dyspepsia or otherwise nonspecific symptoms like Papillary stenosis, which is rare, is fibrotic narrowing around the sphincter, perhaps caused by trauma and inflammation due to pancreatitis, instrumentation (e.g., endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or prior passage of a stone. Other causes include a retained bile duct stone, pancreatitis, and gastroesophageal reflux.

 Some patients develop diarrhea after cholecystectomy due to excessive bile acids entering the colon. Often this diarrhea resolves spontaneously but may require treatment with bile acid–binding resins.

DIAGNOSIS: - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with biliary manometry or biliary nuclear scanning.

CONCLUSION: - There are many Homoeopathic remedies which very efficiently can prevent the progress and further Complications of the disease condition.