What Is Cholecystitis?
10. Treatment
Cholecystectomy will be treatable in many cases. To begin with, the patient might be expected to fast; this is to help take pressure off the gallbladder. Treatment will also require the patient to remain in hospital in some cases, and an intravenous drip may be necessary to help prevent the patient from becoming dehydrated.
Antibiotics may be used if the gallbladder is infected, and painkillers will be used in some cases. Surgery may be performed to remove gallstones and, in the more severe cases, the gallbladder may be removed altogether. Our bile will simply bypass the gallbladder if it is missing and go direct to the small intestine, meaning having a gallbladder is not necessary for us to survive.
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