Gallbladder removal generally has little effect on the human body, but a small number of patients may experience diarrhea, bile reflux gastritis, and postoperative bile duct stenosis.
The gallbladder has the function of storing bile, concentrating bile, and emptying to aid digestion. After gallbladder removal, as the body has certain compensatory function, so it generally has little effect on the human body, but some patients may also have some postoperative sequelae, which will have some impact on life and study.
1. Diarrhea: the gallbladder has a concentrating effect on bile, and the concentrated bile enters the duodenum and has an emulsifying and digestive effect on fat. After the gallbladder is removed, the bile is not concentrated and goes directly into the intestines, which will affect the digestion of fats to a certain extent, especially after eating high-fat food, diarrhea may occur.
2. Bile reflux gastritis: after gallbladder removal, bile will be directly discharged into the digestive tract after bile secretion, and may reflux into the stomach, stimulating the gastric mucosa to develop bile reflux gastritis, which results in epigastric distension, heartburn, nausea, acid reflux, vomiting (with yellowish-green bile), etc. Severe patients may suffer from anemia, weight loss and heartburn, which may cause diarrhea. Severe patients may have anemia and weight loss.
3. Post-operative bile duct stenosis: After cholecystectomy, due to the presence of scar tissue, it may cause bile duct stenosis, which affects the discharge of bile, thus causing indigestion, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, belching and other symptoms.
If you experience discomfort after cholecystectomy, it is recommended that you go to the hospital in time for early and regular treatment.