In this fast moving life, we are always on the go and hardly spare any time to check on our health conditions. We tend to ignore our eating habits, an appropriate amount of sleep, exercising regularly and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We make excuses to avoid getting the health check ups done on a regular basis. We only show concern when we feel a problem and visit the doctor. A regular medical checkup is important for the benefit of general wellbeing and overall health conditions of a person. It can be done twice or quarterly in a year to detect any upcoming health issues and diagnose the disease at an early stage.
A person can lead a normal healthy life without a gallbladder. The surgical procedure of gallbladder removal is called cholecystectomy. A gallbladder needs to be removed when there is the presence of gallstones or have gallbladder cancer. The gallstones can cause pain and inflammation, jaundice, and pancreatitis. There are two main ways of performing the surgery – traditional open method and minimally invasive surgery(laparoscopic surgery). The recovery time depends a lot upon the type of surgery that is being performed. Although, the laparoscopic gallbladder surgery takes faster recovery time. With the laparoscopic surgery, generally is patient is discharged within 24 hours of the operation and can return to work within 72 hours of the operation. However, one should be ready to experience the following if the gallbladder needs to be removed
A hernia is a fatty tissue that bulges out through a weak spot under the skin. Mostly hernia occurs in the abdomen i.e. belly and groin areas. It can affect both men and women. A hernia requires a surgery and does not go away on its own. It can be done by using either an open operation or a laparoscopic hernia operation. Although the latter has almost taken the pace of the former due to many advantages that it holds over the other. There are many types of a hernia.
The word ‘surgery’ can give you goosebumps single-handedly. The diseases are increasing in number with time and the treatment methods adopted are endless. A surgery becomes an option when a particular disease cannot be treated with medication and other nonsurgical methods. In the past, general surgery was the only way of the treatment where a big incision is made to perform the operation. This traditional open method of a surgery requires the patient to stay in the hospital for a longer period of time, a number of scars are left on the body and it takes time to heal.
