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Cholemi Excessive Consumption Of Pile Salts In Blood

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CHOLEMIA
Cholemia is a condition where there is an excessive accumulation of bile salts in the blood and these bile salts are circulating in the blood stream. Bile is a yellowish fluid produced by the liver. It aids by digesting the fat in your diet. Bile is stored in the gallbladder, which is located inferior to the liver. Some individuals develop Cholemia when their gallbladder has been surgically removed. As stated before, the liver makes bile and bile is stored in the gallbladder. When a person eats, their normal gallbladder constricts and lets out the stored bile salts into the small intestines. This helps with digestion. Once the food is digested and absorbed, bile salts are then absorbed again at the other end of the small intestines and recycled to be used over and over. …show more content…

Therefore more bile salts are released between meals because there is no-longer a place to store them. This increased amount of bile salts will be too much for the small intestines to reabsorb. The excess bile salts will then spill over into the large intestines and blood stream and acts as a laxative causing diarrhea.
The excess accumulation of bile acids in the blood can cause impairment of liver function. Signs and symptoms of cholemia include jaundice, pruritus, bradycardia, fatigue, nausea, low blood pressure and anemia. There is no one particular diagnostic test for this condition. The doctor will usually ask question about patient health history and questions about bile changes and habits. A physical exam will be given. The physician will most likely order a special blood test along with stool samples and an exam of the colon to rule out cancer or

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