Patients with small gallbladder stones should have a treatment plan based on symptoms and complications. Common treatments include diet adjustment, medication and surgery.
1. Diet adjustment: patients with gallbladder stones should eat low-fat, low-calorie food; appropriate exercise.
2. Drug treatment: patients with small gallbladder stones combined with belching (hiccups), abdominal distension and other symptoms can take oral compound digestive enzymes to promote digestion; patients with small gallbladder stones combined with biliary colic can use scopolamine, diclofenac sodium, ibuprofen capsules and other medications for symptomatic treatment.
3. Surgery: Patients with small gallbladder stones should choose surgery if they have recurring pain or no pain relief, if the thickening of gallbladder wall is more than 3mm as shown by abdominal ultrasound, or if the gallbladder is suspected to be cancerous. Common surgical treatments include laparoscopic cholecystectomy and open cholecystectomy.
Warm tips: patients with small gallbladder stones should be treated with medication or surgery under the guidance of doctors according to the symptoms and complications.