Excellent Remedies For Gallbladder Pain

Lithotripsy

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) uses an ultrasound to pass energy through the body, targeting the gallstones. Laser therapy can break up stones as well. The procedures are often successful in treating stones in the kidneys, ureters, and bladder. Lithotripsy is rarely used now and usually only on those patients who cannot undergo surgery to remove their gallbladder. The procedure does not harm any other body tissue. By minimizing the size of the stones, they can more easily pass out of the gallbladder and through the bile ducts without pain. The passage through the ducts is what causes the severe colicky pain of gallstones. This procedure takes place in a hospital or medical center and takes about one hour, and patients usually return home that same day. The one drawback of the method is, because the gallbladder is still present, gallstones may develop again in the future.

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