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Gallbladder disease
Gallbladder disease Gall bladder disease includes inflammation, infection, stones, or obstruction of the gallbladder.
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Gall
The bile produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
Bladder
A muscular triangular-shaped, hollow organ located in the pelvic cavity and supported by the pelvic floor muscles. The bladder stretches to store urine and contracts to release urine.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
Inflammation
A reaction to an injury to the body - by infection, chemicals or physical agents. The symptoms can be - depending on the location of the injury- redness, swelling, heat and pain. The purpose of the inflammation is to dilute and destroy the agent causing the inflammation. To do this, the immune system starts a cascade of actions that causes active cells to gather at the affected location. It is these cells and fluids that cause the redness, swelling, heat and pain.
Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
Obstruction
A blockage in the GI tract that prevents the flow of liquids or solids.
Gallbladder
The storage sac for bile, located below the liver.
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Gall
The bile produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
Gallbladder
The storage sac for bile, located below the liver.
Gallbladder absence
This condition, also known as agenesis (failure of development) of the gallbladder, occurs in approximately one out of every 1,000 people. Gallbladder agenesis is an isolated abnormality in more than two-thirds (70%) of people with agenesis. The person with isolated agenesis of the gallbladder is healthy. No treatment is needed. The prognosis (outlook) is excellent.
Gallbladder agenesis
This is a condition in which the gallbladder fails to develop. This happens in approximately one out of every 1,000 people. Gallbladder agenesis is an isolated finding in more than two-thirds (70%) of people. The person with isolated gallbladder agenesis is healthy. No treatment is needed, and the prognosis (outlook) is excellent.
Galle doctors
All doctors near Galle, Sri Lanka. Doctors who can assist a patient in Galle.
Gallium
A rare metal with the atomic weight of 69. There are several isotopic forms of gallium that differ from it in atomic weight. One is gallium-68 which is produced by cyclotrons and emits gamma rays. The citrate form of gallium-68 is used as a radiotracer to locate sites of inflammation and tumor tissue within the body.
Gallium citrate ga 67
Gallium citrate ga 67 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): gallium citrate, ga-67.
Gallop rhythm
Heart rhythm like the gallop of a horse.
Gallstone
A stone-like mass that forms in the gallbladder.
Gallstone pancreatitis
Gallstone-induced pancreatitis. Pancreatitis due to gallstones.
Gallstones
Presence or formation of gallstones.
Gallstones and ERCP
ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) is a diagnostic procedure done to look for diseases of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas. A flexible tube is put down the throat, through the stomach, and into the small intestine. The doctor can see through the tube and inject dye into the drainage tube (duct) of the pancreas so that the area can be seen more clearly on an x-ray. The ERCP test is uncomfortable but not painful. It is performed under intravenous sedation, usually without general anesthesia, and has a low incidence of complications. ERCP can provide important information unobtainable by other diagnostic means. Therapeutic measures can often be take at the time of ERCP to remove stones in the bile ducts or to relieve obstruction of the bile ducts, so that traditional open surgeries can be avoided. ERCP is increasingly accepted as the diagnostic and therapeutic procedure of choice in identifying and removing gallstones from the bile ducts.
Gallstones, microscopic
A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile, also called biliary sludge, that occurs when particles of material precipitate from bile. (Bile is the fluid that is made by the liver. It is stored in the gallbladder until after a meal when it passes out of the gallbladder and through the common bile duct into the intestine to help digest fat in the meal.)
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Gynecomimetic
A boy or man being a person manifesting the features or qualities of a female in bodily appearance, dress, and behavior. Specifically, a drag queen, which is the vernacular term for a male homosexual who lives in the role of a woman. He retains his male genitalia, even though he may take hormones to grow breasts.
Gynemimesis
Syndrome of female impersonation in a natal male who is able to relate sexuoerotically exclusively with men, and who may be hormonally but not surgically sex-reassigned. It is a syndrome of gender transposition, not paraphilia.
Gynemimetophile
A person whose primary sexuoerotic attraction is toward a gynemimetic "lady with a penis."
Gynemimetophilia
A paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligibilic type in which [sexual attraction is predominantly or exclusively toward a gynemimetic or, usually preoperatively, a male-to-female transexual ]{sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and dependent upon a partner who is a gynemimetic or, in some instances, a sex-reassigned, male-to-female transexual} [from Greek, gyne, woman + mimos, mime + -philia]. The paraphilic counterpart in women is andromimetophilia.
Gynephilia
Love of a woman by a man (male gynephilia) or by a woman (female gynephilia). It includes erotosexual bonding.
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Glory hole
In sexology, a glory hole is the slang term for a hole in a wall through which fellatio or masturbation is conducted incognito between male homosexuals.
Gay sex
Sex intercourse between same sex partners.
Gay porn
In sexology, the category of pornographic material specifically addressed to the gay community.
Gay dating
In sexology, dating activity between same sex potential partners for sex intercourse.
Gay man
In sexology, street term for a male homosexual.
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