Well i've been having stomach issues for
almost a year and have had a couple
ultrasounds, a stomach emptying test, a
hida scan and a scope down my throat
test...they were all horrible. so i
finally got a copy of my medical records
and showed my uncle who is this amazing
doctor in california. he looked at them
for 2 seconds, and figured i have a hyper
active gallbladder. he explained it that
my gallbladder is a sack type of thing,
and if it squeezes at 50% that is good b/c
its squeezing half...so he said between
30-60% is where you want it. but if its
below or above that like my 92% that that
is considered a hyper active gallbladder.
It is often left untreated because not
many doctors will know about it. He said
that 1 out of 3 regular MD's will know
about it. He has lots of experience in
the GI and stomach branch that he learned
it working with GI. So i've done a lot of
research about a hyper active gallbladder
and found this great doctor in Colorado
Springs, CO who wrote an article about
hyper active type of problems dealing with
the gallbladder...here is the link.
so i hope this helps some of you. i have
been dealing with this stomach issue for
forever and all the doctors i had seen
made me feel stupid and made me feel like
i was imagining all the problems...but i
finally have an answer!!!
i met with a surgeon today...and am going
in for surgery on WEDNESDAY!!!
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MDBROWN12
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Joined: 18 Mar 2008 Posts: 4
cAN i GET THE dOCTORS NAME? Posted: 03-18-08 14:52pm
I just read your post on the hyperactive
gallbladder (Mine is 96%) and the link did
not work, could I get the name of the
doctor cause I want to read and print his
article for ammo! Thanks, and I hope you
are feeling better!
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eihcet
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Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 10 Location: ,
Posted: 04-03-08 14:21pm
Hi,
I was also interested in the article and
how the OP made out after surgery, but the
link did not work. The referral from this
site takes you to the main page. You can
still find it, from the other website
search there on just 'gallbladder' and the
last article on the first page was the
same one as posted above, wasn't very
helpful to me...
"An unusual phenomenon has been observed
in some Celiac patients. Gallbladder type
abdominal pain without gallstones and a
"supranormal" gallbladder ejection
fraction. Surgery relieves the gallbladder
type pain and a diseased gallbladder is
found. Radiology studies have been
reported in the literature that shed light
on this phenomenon though it's
significance has been largely missed by
the medical community.
Various ultrasound findings have been
reported in Celiac disease, primarily in
the European literature. Colli et. al in
Italy noted increased fasting volumes of
the gallbladder by ultrasound in untreated
Celiac patients and Mariciani et. al. in
the U.K. found increased gallbladder
volumes and elevated gallbladder ejection
fractions using MRI. Low CCK levels have
been reported in Celiac patients (Deprez
et.al. 2002, Rehfeld 2004). This physician
has had several Celiac disease patients
who have had high gallbladder ejection
fractions (typically >90%) associated
with classic gallbladder symptoms that
resolved after gallbladder surgery.
Chronic gallbladder disease was confirmed
pathologically."
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ajs2177
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 1
Hyperactive gallbladder Posted: 05-01-08 21:27pm
After months of writhing stomach pain, and
dozens of tests and doctor refferals, I'm
finally aving my gallbladder removed after
being diagnosed with a hyperactive
gallblader. I was just wondering how the
surgery went, and what to expect. Also,
would that make me at risk for Celiac
Disease? Thanks!
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Mdbrown
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 May 2008 Posts: 1
Hey ajs, Posted: 05-08-08 19:04pm
Just wanted to check and see if your
gallbladder has come out! I also have a
hyper gallbladder, with no stones, and
finally after 6months a surgeon is going
to take my gallbladder out. I have had
second thoughts a billion times, thanks to
the doubts all the doctors have had. I've
tried everything they have asked me, I
have done every test they have given me,
and it seems so obvious to me that its not
heart, lungs, stomach, ulcer, polyps, you
name it. Just to let you know, if you had
elevated liver enzymes it will cause your
HIDA scan to be irregular. My gastro
doctor told me that. My liver levels have
been elevated so my EF rate was 93%. Don't
let any doctor ever tell you that's
normal. Its not. As far as I know it
shouldn't put you t risk for Celiac cause
I asked the same thing. High EFraction
does show up in Celiac patients, but
usually becasue you already have it. When
do u have your surgery?
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