Guide To The Conditions That Affect The Gallbladder

Acalculous Gallbladder Disease

Acalculous gallbladder disease involves gallbladder inflammation. However, this is gallbladder inflammation that appears without gallstones. Symptoms are similar to those that appear with acute cholecystitis when gallstones are present. For reference, they include severe upper right abdominal pain, nausea, jaundice, fever, and vomiting. Other warning signs are a distended gallbladder, belching, and food intolerance. There are many risk factors for acalculous gallbladder disease, such as abdominal surgery, acute hepatitis, gallbladder polyps, Wilson’s disease, as well as viral and bacterial infections.

Treatment for this condition varies based on severity. Initially, patients must be stabilized in the hospital. Doctors must relieve the pressure on the patient’s gallbladder. In most cases, they will use a drainage tube to do this. Patients with bacterial infections will need antibiotics. Once patients are stable, they will often have gallbladder removal surgery.

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