Gallstones and MC

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Gallstones and MC

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The doctors told me I have gallstones. This was found during a ultra sound for another reason. Can this be adding to MC or even causing it and the D

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kitty16 wrote:The doctors told me I have gallstones. This was found during a ultra sound for another reason. Can this be adding to MC or even causing it and the D

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They can cause pain and discomfort, and nausea, and I suppose they cause some diarrhea due to the failure of fat digestion, but they shouldn't cause MC, (though they are commonly associated with MC). Removal of the gallbladder will almost always result in D, at least for several months, due to the uncontrolled dumping of bile into the duodenum.

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I had severe diarrhea before I had my gall bladder out. It was whitish, as you get with hepatitis. Post surgery I had no diarrhea.
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