Gallbladder pain during pregnancy? Hormones may be to blame. Here's how to get relief, stay safe, and know when to call your provider.

The presence of a gravid uterus in a woman with acute biliary symptoms poses several unique challenges since the underlying disease and/or its various treatments can adversely affect both mother and ...

Cholelithiasis is the formation of gallstones due to bile imbalance, cholesterol supersaturation, or gallbladder hypomotility. It may cause biliary colic, nausea, and intolerance to fatty foods.

For five years, my patient has been experiencing several episodes a year of what appears to be biliary colic — severe epigastric and right-upper-quadrant abdominal pain that begins shortly after ...

Biliary Atresia: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Biliary Atresia is a rare but serious condition affecting infants, where the bile ducts that carry bile from the ...

Your body’s biliary system encompasses your bile ducts, gallbladder, and the associated digestive structures. This system works together to move bile, also called digestive fluid, through your system ...

‌Biliary obstruction is when your bile duct becomes blocked. Bile ducts are vessels that carry bile from your liver and gallbladder through your pancreas to your intestines. A blockage in your bile ...

THERE have been few fundamental contributions to the diagnosis and management of biliary-tract disease in recent years, but a current evaluation of the subject is justified in view of the large number ...

Gallstones are more common in patients with acromegaly than in the general population. Somatostatin analogs—the gold standard medical treatment for patients with acromegaly—are associated with a ...

Adolescents and teens experience biliary side effects after weight-loss surgery at about the same rate as adults. However, in younger patients, the symptoms are more likely to manifest as pancreatic ...

Primary biliary cholangitis is a rare autoimmune disease that slowly damages the liver's bile ducts. Over time, this can lead to liver damage, which can progress to cirrhosis of the liver. Treatments ...