Inflammation of the gallbladder in a child

Among the various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, the child often marks the inflection of the gallbladder. This is quite an acute and unpleasant phenomenon, although it is not considered dangerous for life, such as appendicitis. The gallbladder is made up of three parts: the neck, body and bottom. In a healthy state it has the shape of a pear, and from an inflection it can assume a different appearance.

The bend of the gallbladder can be congenital, when the muscular lining layer is incorrectly formed, as a result of which it has an irregular structure. Most often in this case, there are no special health problems in the child, and this pathology is accidentally detected during the ultrasound.

The second cause of the inflection is acquired. In this case, due to stressful situations, great emotionality, a violation of a diet prescribed for children, obesity, lifting heavy objects or heavy physical activity, this violation occurs.

What is dangerous killing of the gallbladder in a child?

Although inflection is not an indication for immediate medical intervention, much less requires surgery, but treatment should be prescribed as soon as possible. To correctly diagnose this disease using several methods in the complex: ultrasound, blood tests of several species, sounding.

If you do not heal the inflection, then over time the liver size increases, and its functioning is disturbed, the child lags behind in development from peers, chronic gastrointestinal tract processes appear, jaundice is possible.

Symptoms of inflection of the gallbladder in a child

Depending on the location of the bend, the symptoms may vary. Most often there are two types of inflection of the gallbladder - an inflection near the border of the body and the bottom and deformation of the neck of the organ. In the first case, the pain symptoms are more pronounced, this is:

• nausea and vomiting after eating;
• sharp pain in the abdomen, giving to the chest, collarbone, scapula;
• cracks in the corners of the mouth, plaque on the tongue.

In the second case, when the inflection is localized in the cervical region, there are signs such as:

• increase gazoobrazovaniya in the digestive tract;
• nausea;
• pain in the left hypochondrium;
• a state of fever.

Inflection of the cervix requires medical intervention, because it is dangerous to throw bile into the peritoneum and develop peritonitis.

Treatment of inflection of the gallbladder in a child

The complex treatment includes such components:

1. Diet in the bend of the gallbladder in a child - the most basic and effective means of treatment and prevention. It consists in introducing into the diet of the child choleretic products - pumpkin in baked form, fresh pumpkin juice (one glass a day), corn oil.
2. The child should consume plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as drink enough clean water. All fried, spicy, fatty, and also weaknesses and buns are strictly forbidden.
3. Drug treatment includes the use of analgesics (antispasmodics), as well as cholagogue for a good outflow of bile and to prevent its stagnation and pelletization into the abdominal cavity.
4. Physiotherapeutic procedures are aimed at improving blood supply to the muscular system of the gallbladder and increasing its activity.
5. Treatment in a specialized sanatorium, where, in addition to the main problem, strengthen the body of the child as a whole.
6. Antibacterial therapy is required in those cases when, due to a bad outflow of bile, inflammation occurs, and as a result - a fever accompanied by fever.

Treatment should be carried out with a regular examination of the doctor and adjustment of appointments for a fairly long time. Children with this diagnosis need to be taught the postulates of proper nutrition as soon as possible so that there will be no relapse in the future.