Hernia or fat tissue ? Stomach protrudes between gallbaldder Posted: 05-16-07 15:29pm
I had my gallbladder out many years ago
and back then they gave me a 6 inch
incision on my stomach with a little
indent on one end of the incision. I know
they cut my stomach muscles when they
removed it, or at least that is what I was
told at the time. I never exercised after
the surgery to any real degree. Now I am
trying to get in shape and would like to
get a flat stomach. My question is, will
having had my stomach muscles cut
previously, in any way, affect my ability
to obtain a flat stomach? My stomach seems
to protrude a little more between the
incision and my belly button. Also, no one
ever told me about bile salts and recently
I have been reading about them. I don't
have very many problems eating, except
going to the bathroom soon after eating
and bloating and gas. Would bile salts
help me? Will it help digest more of my
food? Or should I leave well enough alone
and not take them?
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Fitness Answer A2791 Posted: 05-29-07 02:25am
It seems best that you check for the
presence of a ventral hernia between the
abdominal scar and belly button with your
primary health provider or abdominal
surgeon (if necessary). It is possible,
of course that you may be experiencing
only some larger amounts of fat tissue
that have built up in the region but if
you are indeed experiencing a ventral
hernia, first you can request its surgical
correction and then after rehabilitation
you may try exercises for strengthening
the abdominal muscles. If you don’t have
any type of ventral hernia and are only
noticing fat tissue, you might try some
easy stomach muscle exercises because all
those abdominal operations happened a long
time ago.
You don’t need any bile salts because
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BILE SALTS!!! Bile salts
are contained in the bile. Bile is
produced by the liver and only collected
in the gallbladder. When a gallbladder is
removed the patient can experience
digestive problems until the billiary
ducts get enlarged and replace the
gallbladder’s function.
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