Gall Bladder Stones

[somicare]

Can any one has any idea about formation of gallstones?
For normal women with no other health issues , how many years will take to form gall stones and become symptomatic?
How many years of use of Birth Control Pills can lead to gall stones?
Women with liver problems such as hepatitis , with continuous use of  BCP , how many years take to form gallstones?

[Michelle697]

I just read an article that fatty foods also play a huge part in the formation of gallstones.  The web side is www.buzzle.com.  I googled Diet after Gall Bladder removal because I had mine removed in 2002 and am now having bouts with diverticulosis.  Had I been diagnoised sooner I might not have had to have a full hysterectomy.  GET a CT scan before you make any decisions.  Also, remember the bigger the hospital the better the CT equipment.

[brudegirl]

Gallstones are formed from excess bile, I believe.  The gallbladder stores the liver's excess bile and sometimes the bile can form stones,  I had pain in my upper right quadrant for years and since I was a breast cancer patient I worried that is was something horrible.  My mother in law kept telling me to tell the DR about my pain, but it was intermittant and it was a deep gut ache so I took aciphex and blamed it GERD.  I finally couldn't stand it and I tried to blame it on my breast implant and after that test she got down to business and asked me did I think it was something else, like gallstones.  I told her she was not right but I went for an ultra sound anyway and my gallbladder didn't even show up on the ultrasound and I thought I was home free.  Well the radiologist gave me a ct scan which showed my gallbladder was full of stones, in fact it was one huge stone.  I got it out and I am glad I did since that deep ache is now only a memory,  I never took the pill and wasn't aware of a connection, but my stones or big boulder probably formed over 3 or 4 years and became symptomatic about 2 years before I got it out.  Don't hesitate to get a diagnosis and do it today.  I wasn't even hospitalized and I did it as an out patient with just a tiny little scar.  I hope this can help you.  I am an environmental micrbiologist and I don't have a great deal of experience in the anatomy and physiology area, but again may you will feel more at ease about this subject
brudegirl