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Gallstones
My 67 year old mother has multiple gallstones largest 8 mm..
She been denied surgery due to very high risk (lung issues).. What should we do now? She has pain sometimes nd eats painkillers..
What options do such patients have??
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Gallstones are fairly common amongst us.
For pain kindly consult a Gastroenterologist
Kindly avoid taking painkillers on ur own
Best wishes
Dr Dhiraj Agrawal DM Gastroenterology
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Dr. S. Arulprakash
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Hi. First we have to be really sure that gallstones are cause of pain. Medication have a little role in gallstone pain. No diet is found to be helpful. Need a constant follow up with Gastroenterolgist
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