Bile stasis is commonly referred to as cholestasis. This is when bile is not supplied from the liver to the intestines.
Sometimes the liver normally produces bile, but it does not reach the intestines, because the bile ducts are blocked. There is a stone or a tumor - it doesn't matter. The main thing is that they are blocked.
Sometimes the bile ducts are free and passable, but the liver does not produce bile. In theory, any hepatitis can cause cholestasis. This inflammation damages the liver cells and the small bile ducts can become blocked by the swollen liver. This cholestasis is called intrahepatic cholestasis.
Somehow this time it is difficult for me to imagine the train of thought of the questioner. With cholestasis, the legs are really felt for edema. But this is in order not to miss heart failure. In heart failure, the heart does not work well, and water can be trapped in the lower body.
The fact is that intrahepatic cholestasis does not necessarily result from inflammation. Sometimes the liver just stupidly does not receive blood and therefore does not make bile. This happens with heart failure. That is, little blood flows into the liver, but not so little that the liver begins to fall apart. For starters, it just stops working. And bile will not be produced.
It seems so to me. Other people can have very convoluted explanations.
What is your view on the connection between bile stagnation and edema?
