Diverticulosis, Diverticulitis, Diet, And What Else to Do About Them
Diverticula are something like getting a hernia inside your body. The lining of the colon weakens so that it plops down to make a little pocket. If you just have...
Living With Total Colectomy
For those who don't know, a total colectomy is the removal of the colon (large intestine), usually with the attachment of the jejunum (second half of the small intestine, which...
Weight Gain After Colectomy
It almost seems like adding insult to injury to have to deal with weight gain after a colectomy. After all, by the time you have a colectomy, you have dealt...
Differential Diagnosis Of Gallbladder Pain
Gallstones are anything but rare. In the United States, 10 to 20 percent of the adult population at any time has gallstones. American surgeons perform about 500,000 cholecystectomies (gallbladder removal...
Bloated Abdomen After Gallbladder Surgery
General overview Gallbladder surgery (cholecystectomy) is done to remove the gallbladder when it becomes pathological. The reasons for this could be due to gallstones causing pain or obstruction and infection of...
Hemorrhoids: Treatment Options
Hemorrhoids affect a great number of people worldwide, and although they are mild and temporary in most people, they can really produce debilitating symptoms in some cases. There are several...
"Cold" As A Cause Of Disease And What To Do About It
"Cold" was accepted as a cause of disease for thousands of years. The ancient Chinese master physician Zhang Zhongjing described "wind evil" and "pathogenic cold" as causes of disease nearly...
Benign Fasculation Syndrome: Why Your Abdominal Muscles Twitch
Do your stomach muscles twitch? Twitching is the everyday term for fasciculations, which are the abnormal movements of muscles.When your "stomach" twitches, the fasciculations are occurring in your abdominal muscles...
What Can Right-Side Pain Mean?
One of the most common causes of right-side pain in the torso is probably among the last things people would expect: Snoring. Any kind of obstructive sleep apnea, causing snoring...
Acid Reflux And Gas: What To Do About Them
Acid reflux, the upward streaming of stomach acid in the throat and mouth, is bad enough. Even worse, it can come with severe gas. Here is an explanation of what...