In my opinion, no. But for some unknown reason, the gallbladder or the sphincter of Oddi may contract.
Everyone has heard about the gallbladder, but the sphincter of Oddi is such a valve between the bile and the intestines.
Oddi was an Italian physician with a very complex six-word name. In the late 19th century, he studied the work of the sphincter between the common bile duct and the duodenum.
It would seem that by the end of the 19th century, a person should have long been disassembled into small parts, but this very place turned out to be unexplored.
Oddi was so talented that at the age of 29 he began to run a university. Unfortunately, it did not shine for long. As happens with unusual and bright people, he began to abuse something, got hooked on this business and died early. But he went down in history.
So, if you remember the spasms of the biliary tract, then the sphincter of Oddi will be in the first place.
That is, normally bile accumulates in the gallbladder, and at the right time, the sphincter of Oddi relaxes, and this bile pours into the intestines to meet fatty foods there.
Sometimes the sphincter does not relax. He sits in silence, squeezed, and does not let anyone go anywhere. This increases the pressure in the bile ducts, and they begin to hurt. This will be the classic bilious pain in the right hypochondrium.
This pain usually lasts for at least 30 minutes, and more likely for several hours. This pain also radiates to the back and scapula. We have already disassembled the mechanism such bilious pain. She shoots exactly at the shoulder blade.
No one knows exactly why this spasm of the sphincter occurs. It is believed that somewhere nearby, hormone production is disrupted or nerves are not working properly. Maybe with a big stretch, something from the central nervous system is acting on this matter. Maybe excitement.
Removed gallbladder
In the topic about how to live without a gallbladder, we touched upon the so-called postcholecystectomy syndrome. That is, problems in the abdomen after surgical removal of the gallbladder. So for some reason a spasm of the sphincter of Oddi sometimes appears after such an operation.
Someone thinks that during the operation some important nerves that regulate the sphincter are damaged there. But more often they say that most likely there was already a spasm before the operation. I just didn't show myself.
Well, that is, there was this spasm, and the sphincter was regularly mischievous, pinching itself and not releasing bile into the intestines. He got away with it, because the gallbladder was still alive and well. The bubble was able to stretch and absorbed a lot of excess bile. So he managed to keep the pressure not too high in bile ducts. But after the bubble was removed, there was no one to hold back the bile. She hammered into a closed sphincter, and everything ached there.
Pancreatitis
Everything would be fine, but from the spasm of the sphincter of Oddi there are also pancreatitis. The fact is that the sphincter of Oddi simultaneously blocks the exit from the pancreas. If the pressure of the digestive juice rises in the gland, then the pancreas's own digestive enzymes can begin to digest. This is how pancreatitis starts. This is a more serious illness.
Gall bladder
Sometimes the gallbladder is in place, the sphincter of Oddi works normally, but still there is bilious pain. These are the twists and turns of the bubble itself. It can contract incorrectly, spasm and trigger the very pain in the right hypochondrium, shooting in the right scapula and lasting at least 30 minutes.
Likewise, there is usually no apparent reason for such pain. It just rolls. You can assume that she rolls there because of excitement. As an option.
Didn't you hurt that much?
