Diarrhea is diarrhea, diarrhea after gallstone surgery may be caused by abnormal gallbladder function, which is a normal phenomenon; it may also be caused by infection, improper diet and other reasons, which is abnormal.
1. Gallstone surgery commonly includes open surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, etc., which can cause the gallbladder to concentrate bile as well as the function of bile excretion to be affected. Bile directly into the intestinal tract, after eating bile secretion is insufficient, causing intestinal digestive dysfunction, resulting in diarrhea, is generally normal.
2. If the diarrhea is caused by various pathogenic bacterial infections, food intolerance or allergy, etc., it is not normal. If the patient does not receive active treatment, electrolyte disorders, dehydration and other phenomena may occur.
Diarrhea after gallstone surgery should be promptly informed to the attending physician, if it is not a postoperative physiological manifestation, should actively cooperate with the treatment.