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Posted 8/4/2008 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
Just wondering if anyone knows much about gallbladder problems with UC or maybe causing UC. Came to a better hospital and they are really on their game. Now looks like alot of his problem is maybe galbladder related????
Posted 8/4/2008 7:36 PM (GMT 0)
Gallbladder problems do not cause UC but it could have triggered a first flare. I am not sure about the link of gallbladder disease to UC but I do know that there is a higher incidence of GB disease if you have your colon out. Surgeons think that this is related to bile salt activity. I no longer have my colon but I still have my GB.

Sue
Posted 8/4/2008 10:55 PM (GMT 0)
This is very interesting topic for me. My family has a severe history with gall bladder problems. I wonder if something to do with crappy gall bladder genetics caused or triggered my UC...
Posted 8/5/2008 1:05 PM (GMT 0)
I have no idea if there's any connection but that was one of my mis-diagnosis steps when they were trying to figure out what was wrong with me. It was my 2nd surgery in 3 months to have my gall bladder removed. Granted it was in trouble but I wish they hadn't been so cut happy back then.
Posted 8/5/2008 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
I had my gallbladder removed when I was only 27. I was having terrible pains that felt like a knife through my back was being twisted. Anyway the doctors said my gallbladder was totally infected/diseased.....and had to come out before it burst. My GI seemed to imply my gall bladder problem was a result of my UC, not the other way around.
Posted 8/5/2008 6:25 PM (GMT 0)

A year after being diagnosed with UC I had my gallbladder out.  Coincedence?  I don't know.

Stacy

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