Notes for patients with stones

Stones are also called gallstones. There are many types of stones, such as kidney stones and urethral stones. Stones can appear in some parts of the body, but the types of stones are different. Gallstones are more common. The onset of gallstones can be very painful. First of all, it will cause pain and bloating. Patients also need to pay attention to their diet and try not to eat indiscriminately to avoid worsening of the stones.

1. Regular diet and eating three meals a day regularly is the best way to prevent stones. This is because when fasting, the gallbladder is filled with bile, and the gallbladder mucosa absorbs water to thicken the bile. At this time, large cholesterol/lecithin bubbles are easily formed, and the viscosity of the bile also increases, eventually forming bile sludge. If you overeat, when food enters the duodenum, cholecystokinin is secreted reactively, causing the gallbladder to contract. At this time, a large amount of viscous and watery bile with bile sludge is discharged into the intestine, thus preventing the formation of stones.

2. Adjust your diet structure, avoid high-protein, high-fat, and high-calorie eating habits, and eat a proper amount of fiber-rich vegetables to lower cholesterol. After surgery, patients should give up foods that are not good for their health under the guidance of a doctor, start taking low-calorie foods and do physical exercise on time.

3. Actively participate in physical exercise

Participate in physical labor and take part in physical exercise, because proper physical labor and sports activities can improve the body's own immunity, maintain an optimistic spirit and a stable mood, harmonize qi and blood, normalize the function of internal organs, ensure smooth bile flow, and maintain a normal ratio between bile components, which can avoid the occurrence of cholelithiasis.