On January 09 2011 06:16 Pulimuli wrote:
lmao reminds me of a friend of mine who got a gallstone about 2 years ago
he's about 300lbs and 5'8, lives on coca cola, pizza and hamburgers and ive never seen him drink a glass of water in the 20 years ive known him
the gallstone was so big they had to remove his entire gallbladder, he's such a retard and im surprised if he makes it past 30
Gallbladder must be removed regardless of stone size when a person has gallstones. Reasoning behind this is that if you have a gallstone it can eventually block the bile drainage, causing inflamation and a potentially lethal complication (acute cholecystitis), which can cause a number of more important and severe complications.
Also, having gallstones produces chronic gallbladder inflamation, even if symptoms aren't present, which can eventually cause gallbladder cancer, with a very high mortality rate.
All of this seems to have a very strong genetic component. In the US gallstones aren't that common, whilst in my country it's an everyday consult, and cholecystitis surgeries are almost as frequent as apendicitis ones. Also, gallbladder cancer is one of the leading death causes here, particularly in middle aged women.