Hirschsprung disease and meconium ileus both disrupt bowel movements and can require urgent medical attention. The two conditions have different causes and treatments. Hirschsprung disease happens ...

BARRETOS, Brazil—In the dead of night at a slaughterhouse in Brazil’s southeastern farming belt, a group of men splattered in blood gathered around the entrails of a cow to see if they had hit ...

Bile emulsifies dietary fats by increasing their exposure to digestive enzymes. However, sometimes gallstones form and cause problems. Gallstones affect up to 15% of the US population and are the ...

Gallstones are relatively common, affecting about 10 percent of adults. But only 20 percent of these cases are large enough to cause problems and require further treatment. A gallstone is a hard ...

Demand for ox gallstones in Hong Kong has risen significantly following the Covid-19 pandemic, with a US trade report showing the rare medicinal ingredient’s import value has increased nearly ...

Each year, 100,000 people visit their doctor with abdominal pain, with approximately 30,000 of them diagnosed with gallstones. The standard treatment for these patients is a laparoscopic ...

THE combination of gallstone ileus, volvulus of the small intestine, incarcerated femoral hernia and diffuse peritonitis is sufficiently unusual to warrant a report. The probable sequence of ...

Gallstones and ileus were less likely for patients prescribed most of ... Gastroenterology, Neurosciences, and Radiology. She has completed her Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences from DU and then ...

Abdominal CT showed pneumobilia in the right lobe of the liver (Figure 1E), an ectopic gallstone in the distal ileum (33 mm × 22 mm; Figure 1F), small bowel obstruction (Figure 1G), as well as a ...

It isn't always the case, but an infant who has meconium ileus has a high chance of having cystic fibrosis. A gallstone ileus, as with meconium ileus, is an actual physical obstruction.

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How Do I Know if I Have Gallstones? If your symptoms suggest a gallstone problem, your doctor might first examine your skin for jaundice, and then feel your abdomen to check for tenderness.