Symptoms of chronic cholecystitis

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The initial symptoms of chronic cholecystitis are not obvious, but with the development of the disease symptoms can gradually disappear. In the early stage of chronic cholecystitis, make-up is easy to cause indigestion due to biliary factors. Patients are often tired of oil and feel stuffy and uncomfortable in the upper abdomen. Belching after illness, stomach burning feeling. The initial symptoms of chronic cholecystitis are similar to appendicitis or ulcerative disease. After the development of the disease, the patient felt pain when tapping on the gallbladder, or had mild tenderness. If chronic cholecystitis leads to hydrops of gallbladder, the symptoms are more.

Symptoms of chronic cholecystitis

In chronic cholecystitis patients with hydrops of gallbladder, a cystic mass can be found by touching the gallbladder. The surface of the mass is smooth and round. Through B-ultrasound can do further examination of chronic cholecystitis, can judge whether chronic cholecystitis with gallstones.

Chronic cholecystitis can be considered as the sequelae of acute cholecystitis. But there are many patients with chronic cholecystitis before they did not suffer from acute cholecystitis. If the gallbladder inflammation is stimulated for a long time, it will lead to the gradual fiber thickening of the gallbladder wall and the scar contraction of the gallbladder wall.

In patients with chronic cholecystitis, once the gallbladder wall scar contraction occurs, the whole gallbladder will gradually shrink, even the gallbladder cavity will gradually close, and then the gallbladder function will rapidly decline, until the complete loss of gallbladder function. Gallstones can block the cystic duct of patients with chronic cholecystitis, leading to colic.

matters needing attention

In patients with cholecystitis, the cystic duct is blocked after cholecystolithiasis, the liquid secreted by the gallbladder can not be discharged, and the gallbladder gradually increases painlessly, and the gallbladder can form a fistula due to the obstruction of gallstones.