Re: gall bladder(spincter of oddi)
From: Sue OConnor (sueoconnor2001@yahoo.com)
Fri Jan 3 14:16:21 2003
Rose, I have been having severe stomach pains between my ribs that
shoots through my back since 1992 A doctor in boston at beth isreal
deconness hospital(excellent hospital said it was spincter of oddi and
widened the bile duct and said it would have to be done again but I got
prenant w/my daughter and never go it done! Then A local doctor wasn't
convinced that it was the spincter of oddi and had some tests done and
noticed that my gallbladder wasn't draining at a reasonable amt! So they
took my gallbladder out which helped alot but once in a while sI still
get the pains! I had the ercp done! Do you have any suggestions?
At Sun, 5 Dec 1999, LARRY ERDMAN wrote:
>
>Gina,
>When you go to your MD about your common bile duct- Ask about spincter of
>oddi disfunction- This can cause pain like a gall bladder attack but it is
>the spincter in spasm./ They test this with an ERCP and doing pressure
>readings. Also the pancreatic spinter is in the same area and should be
>considered in the work up.
>Just a thought. I managed many years on a calcium channel blocker until I
>finally had the spincters cut. Good luck Rose
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Sue sahm to Marissa 12-07-98 and Joshua 10-10-2000