At a glance
It is difficult to tell what causes gallstones, and there is no single specific reason. Gallstones are more common in women compared to men (3:1), and the incidence increases with age and in overweight or obese patients. When gallstones are diagnosed, patients often get different answers from different doctors about what to do.
About Us
Doctor's Profile
Dr Maruthesh Gowda is a Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgeon based in Bangalore with more than 10 years of training in NHS in the UK.
Experience
He has wide range of experince in colorectal surgery, general surgery, bariatric (Weight loss) surgery, laparoscopic surgery, trauma surgery and Gastro intestinal cancer Surgery. worked in the United Kingdom for 10years qualities like evidenced based medicine, patient centric approach, high quality care are embedded in him.He has worked with experts in each filed and thus obtaining highest skills possible.
It is difficult to tell what causes gallstones as there are so many associated risks. It is more in females compared to men(3:1). Incidence increases with age. The occurrence is more in overweight/obese patients. It can also be familial. It is also more in people who starve for a long time or have drastic weight loss. It is commonly associated with people who eat lot of oily food. As you can understand, there is no specific reason.
Gallbladder Surgery
The main question that worries the patients is what to do when diagnosed with gallstones. It is more confusing as they get different answers from different doctors.
If one tells them they can be dissolved, then the patients should be very careful. If there was ever a medicine to dissolve gallstones permanently, then the person who discovered it would probably get a Nobel Prize and can be the richest man as western counties spend billions on surgery. In short, there is no medicine to dissolve them permanently.
Questions patients ask
- What causes gallstones?
- It is difficult to tell what causes gallstones as there are so many associated risks. There is no specific reason.
- Who is more likely to have gallstones?
- It is more in females compared to men (3:1), and the incidence increases with age. The occurrence is more in overweight or obese patients, and it can also be familial.
- Are food habits linked to gallstones?
- It is more in people who starve for a long time or have drastic weight loss, and in people who eat a lot of oily food.
- Can gallstones be dissolved permanently with medicine?
- No. If there was ever a medicine to dissolve gallstones permanently, the person who discovered it would probably get a Nobel Prize. In short, there is no medicine to dissolve them permanently.