CÁLCULOS BILIARES
Disease information
CÁLCULOS BILIARES
The
biliary
calculations are hard and small
stones
that form in the
biliary
vesicle and which they can vary of size being from as tiny as the head of
a
pin or as great as
a
nut
.
The majority forms with
cholesterol
crystals when the bile is supersaturated of this component, precipitates and
a
nucleus forms from as they are deposited by apposition
cholesterol
crystals. The calculations are constituted this way, adopting diverse forms and sizes.
Other times are formed by
biliary
salts are to say digestive substances produced by the
liver
and stored in the vesicle and are possible that they form by some imbalance of the substances that compose the bile or by excess of
cholesterol
in the
biliary
juice.
One of the main components of the
biliary
calculations is the
cholesterol
. If
a
biliary
calculation blocks one of the conduits that transport the bile of the vesicle to the
intestine
, an
attack
of
biliary
cólico can take place, causing intense abdominal pains, nauseas, vomit, inflammation, belches, perspiration and ictericia.
The presence of calculations also can cause to inflammation and
infection
of the vesicle. Nevertheless, he is very frequent that the vesicle contains
stones
without other complications appear.
Between the risk factors they are:
sex, since this
problem
aqueja more to women than to men, by the paper who play hormones.
the age, since in general they appear in greater people of 60 years.
on
weight
and the
obesity
.
the continuous use of contraceptive tablets or estrogens of restitution.
the nutritional habits that include very greasy foods and little fiber and starch.
Probably the inheritance, although well is not verified.
the
pregnancy
, since diverse studies have demonstrated to the relation between the
pregnancy
and the
biliary
calculations.
the sedentarismo.
IMPORTANT:
The content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in
charge
on its use.
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