What is the danger of gallstone disease, is it treatable and what should be done to prevent its development, recommends Natalia Bilash, a general practitioner, gastroenterologist of Into-Sana gastroenterologist, There are a lot of myths about gallstone disease. This disease has become widespread in recent decades, when people began to lead a sedentary lifestyle, abuse fast food and fatty foods..

Today, cholelithiasis is found even in children.

What is the danger? The main danger of gallstone disease is that a person does not feel its symptoms until serious complications begin to develop. But the very presence of stones in the gallbladder is already a danger. They constantly mechanically act on its walls, as a result of which chronic inflammation of the gallbladder develops. Sometimes the inflammatory process also affects the pancreas, which is located as close to the bladder as possible.. In some cases, prolonged presence of a stone in the gallstone can provoke the development of a tumor.

The most common complications of cholelithiasis occur when stones begin to move.. They can clog the bile ducts, which is fraught with acute cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder), liver ducts (provokes jaundice), pancreatic duct (causes acute pancreatitis). If, with the development of complications, treatment is not started in a timely manner, there is a high probability of perforation (rupture) of the gallbladder wall, which will almost completely lead to peritonitis - massive inflammation of the entire abdominal cavity.