Gallbladder atrophy requires surgical treatment even when there are no symptoms, and if you cannot tolerate surgery, you can opt for non-surgical treatment.
Gallbladder atrophy is also called chronic atrophic cholecystitis, and it is the result of recurrent or worsening cholecystitis over time. Gallbladder atrophy carries the risk of gallbladder perforation, gallbladder abscess, internal fistula, and cancer, and has lost its function of storing bile after atrophy. This is why gallbladder atrophy requires aggressive surgical treatment even when there are no symptoms.
In some cases, the atrophy is not severe, the gallbladder is still functional, or the physical condition does not support surgical treatment, so only medication can be used. Pharmacological treatment includes the use of anti-infective drugs such as amoxicillin and cefixime, and symptomatic treatment is mainly antispasmodic and analgesic, commonly used drugs such as atropine and scopolamine.
If the diagnosis of gallbladder atrophy, should actively carry out surgical treatment, if you can not carry out surgery, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use the relevant drugs for treatment.