Eating too much fat, skipping breakfast… will increase the risk of gallstones.

Nearly 100 gallstones removed from 20-year-old girl's gallbladder

The girl named Xiao Li is 20 years old, living in Anhui, China. At 3am on August 9th, while sleeping soundly, she was suddenly awakened by excruciating stomach pain. Not wanting to wake up the whole family in the middle of the night, Xiao Li tried to endure the pain until morning.

The next day, when everyone woke up, they saw Tieu Le's pale face and rushed her to the hospital for examination. On the way to the hospital, she said:"From 3am yesterday until now, she has had stomach pain 3 times, each time the pain increases and lasts longer than before."

After doing an abdominal ultrasound, the doctor said that Tieu Le had gallstones, the situation was very serious, and needed immediate surgery to remove the stones.

On August 10, Tieu Le went into surgery. After many hours, the doctors removed nearly 100 gallstones, both large and small. Of these, more than 10 gallstones had grown as big as peanuts. Doctor Tran Minh Luong, head of the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at Ngan Chau People's Hospital, said that the casegallstonesBeing this heavy is extremely rare, plus Tieu Le is very young, only 20 years old.

Doctors removed nearly 100 gallstones from Tieu Le's gallbladder.

According to the explanation of Mr. Tran - Tieu Le's father, she has been a picky eater since she was little, and has no habit of eating breakfast. Because of her busy study and work schedule, Tieu Le often eats ready-made foods such as instant noodles, sausages, smoked meat, etc. She especially likes to eat spicy food, this eating habit started when she was in first grade and has been maintained until now.

Doctor Tran Minh Luong said: Although the cause of gallstones is extremely complicated, according to research, gallstones have an important relationship with improper diet causing metabolic disorders.

Based on the analysis of gallstone composition and description of Xiao Li's daily diet, it can be basically concluded that Xiao Li's gallstone formation is related to long-term consumption of instant noodles and smoked meat.

A diet too high in fat, not eating breakfast… will increase the risk of gallstones.

Dr. Tran Minh Luong said that the main cause of gallstones is high cholesterol and foods that are too fatty. Many of Dr. Tran's patients with gallstones have eating habits similar to Tieu Le's.

In addition, not eating breakfast is also the main cause of gallstones. This is because the body needs to replenish energy after a long night of rest. The gallbladder will secrete bile in the morning, preparing for food digestion.

Consuming foods high in fat can easily cause gallstones.

If you don't eat breakfast, the gallbladder will not have food to digest, the bile will stay in the gallbladder longer, over such a long time, the bile will accumulate in the gallbladder and intestines, the cholesterol secreted from the bile will easily form gallstones.

Doctor Tran Minh Luong reminds that some signs of gallstones are pain, fever, jaundice, abnormal liver enlargement, etc. Patients with gallstones often have a certain degree of cholecystitis, sometimes there is some pain in the inflamed area and the gallbladder is located right next to the stomach, some people may mistakenly think it is stomach pain. If the stomach pain is repeated, it is best to fast and go to the hospital for a B-ultrasound to see if there are gallstones.