Recently, a "19-year-old girl in Hebei has not eaten breakfast for 7 years and suffers from gallstones" news on the hot search.
According to media reports: a 19-year-old female student in Hengshui, Hebei Province, recently went to the hospital for treatment because of abdominal discomfort. After a series of examinations by the doctor, it was found that the girl's gallbladder had grown a 3-centimeter stone.
After detailed inquiry, it was learned that the girl had not eaten breakfast at more than 7 o'clock, and it was because of this reason that the excretion function of the gallbladder was abnormal, and then suffered from gallstones.
Does skipping breakfast really lead to gallstones?
The so-called gallstones, mainly refer to a disease in the gallbladder and bile ducts with stones formed, also known as cholelithiasis, it has a variety of types, including cholesterol stones, bile pigment stones and mixed stones These 3 categories.
Some people believe that after a night's sleep, the stomach belongs to the empty state, if you do not eat breakfast, the stomach will be in an empty stomach for a long time, bile can not be excreted smoothly, can only be stored in the gallbladder.
There are many cholesterol components in the bile, and these cholesterol will be excessively accumulated in the gallbladder, and over time, stones will form.
But in fact, unhealthy eating patterns and eating habits may increase the risk of gallbladder stones, but not eating breakfast does not necessarily cause gallbladder stones, nor is it the culprit that causes gallbladder stones, so there is no need to worry too much.
However, from the perspective of healthy eating, we still try to develop a good habit of eating breakfast on a large scale.
Which eating habits are the "killers" of gallstones?
The causes of gallstones are complex, such as environmental factors or genetic factors, as well as the occurrence of biliary tract infections, drug factors, parasites and other factors, which can induce gallstones.
In addition, the appearance of gallstones is also related to dietary factors.
First, long-term intake of foods with high cholesterol
Long-term eat a lot of high-cholesterol foods, such as a variety of animal offal, animal fat, animal fat, and some sweets made with margarine.
The cholesterol content contained in these foods is particularly high, and once consumed for a long time, it will affect the digestive function of the human body, resulting in the inability of bile to be excreted smoothly.
Bile will accumulate excessively in the gallbladder, so that the concentration becomes higher, and the probability of forming gallstones will increase.
Second, long-term intake of highly greasy food
Bile can play a role in helping the human body digest fat, and consume a lot of highly greasy foods for a long time, such as meat, fried foods, or barbecue foods.
These foods cause increased blood viscosity, which can cause high blood lipids.
Once the blood lipids are elevated, it will lead to an increase in synthetic blood cholesterol in the liver, which will affect the normal dilution of bile, thereby forming gallstones in the gallbladder.
3. Overeating or eating irregularly
In addition to not eating breakfast for a long time or not eating dinner for a long time, it is easy to induce gallstones.
If there is overeating for a long time, or if there is an irregular way of eating a full meal, the bile will become very thick and easy to crystallize, which will cause gallstones and even cause the appearance of cholecystitis.
Once gallstones are found, do you have to perform gallstone preservation?
If the symptoms are more obvious, especially the recurrence of biliary colic, cholecystitis, etc., the medical system usually recommends surgical removal of the gallbladder treatment, generally using laparoscopic surgery to complete, the trauma is small, and the recovery is fast.
Of course, for some gallstones without symptoms, "expectant therapy" can be taken, that is, "the enemy does not move, I do not move", when the symptoms are triggered and when to deal with them.
However, for patients with a long course of illness, a history of gallbladder stones for more than 5 years, or patients with poor stone positions and easy to block bile ducts to induce more serious disease, children with gallbladder stones, and patients with a family history of gallbladder cancer, even if there are no obvious symptoms, they need to actively undergo surgery.