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List of other diseases, conditions, or injuries and their treatment: colitis, redness (ulcer) of stomach.
Current medical status: lots of pain in abd. with nausea and some vomiting. loose stools, sharp knife like pain after eating anything about 3" above the belly button. had colonoscopy,endoscopy,gallbladder u/s, CT with barrium, and today a HIDA test. The HIDA test pictures showed the chemical bipassed my gallbladder and went right from the liver to the small intestine.
Current medical treatment: Aciphex, diet management.
You will probably need an Endoscopic Retrograde Choledoco - Pancreaticographya (ERCP) to identify why the gallbladder won't visualise on HIDA-scan. I can’t speculate about the possible reasons for this HIDA-scan anomaly, but you can consult with a gastro-entero-hepatologist for advice.
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