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Experts discuss how spicy food affects the body and the potential benefits and risks. Whether you love or hate the burn, is spicy food food for your body? Experts discuss how spicy food affects ...
7. Soy Can Affect Fertility in Men. Soy has come a long way. Once dismissed as “hippie food,” today it’s a popular protein alternative for vegetarians and vegans.
Cholescintigraphic scanning is a nuclear medicine procedure to evaluate the health and function of the gallbladder and biliary system. A radioactive tracer is injected through any accessible vein and then allowed to circulate to the liver and starts accumulating in the gall bladder which can take up to an hour.
Woman with gallbladder pain. Experiencing a gallbladder attack can be summed up in one word: painful. Gallbladder attacks are caused by gallstones (a buildup of bile). The attacks can cause sudden ...
Gallbladder diseases are diseases involving the gallbladder and is closely linked to biliary disease, with the most common cause being gallstones (cholelithiasis). [1] [2]The gallbladder is designed to aid in the digestion of fats by concentrating and storing the bile made in the liver and transferring it through the biliary tract to the digestive system through bile ducts that connect the ...
The most common cause of bile duct obstruction is when gallstone(s) are dislodged from the gallbladder into the cystic duct or common bile duct resulting in a blockage. A blockage of the gallbladder or cystic duct may cause cholecystitis. If the blockage is beyond the confluence of the pancreatic duct, this may cause gallstone pancreatitis.
Bile acid malabsorption (BAM), known also as bile acid diarrhea, is a cause of several gut-related problems, the main one being chronic diarrhea.It has also been called bile acid-induced diarrhea, cholerheic or choleretic enteropathy, bile salt diarrhea or bile salt malabsorption.
Craighead said the doctor told her hot chips were behind the stomach problems her 17-year-old daughter was having. "She loves them. Every time I go out she says, 'Bring me back some Hot Takis ...