Role of emotional stress and allergy in the development of cholecystitis and gallbladder calculi and their treatment with antihistaminics
Soustek, Z.
Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 53(2): 75-78
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660 PMID: 6111851 Document Number: 173902
Acute pathomorphological changes (edema, hemorrhage, necrosis) were found in 100 gallbladders removed from patients who had suffered from acute biliary colic or acute cholecystitis. The changes are consequent on a pathological angioneurotic reaction occurring in the bed of the arteria cystica during the attack. The changes in the gallbladder wall are compared with Quincke's angioneurotic edema and with Curling's ulcer. Stress is the provocative factor of an angioneurotic reaction. The formation of gallstones is a complication of the processes taking place in the wall of the gallbladder. Mental stress or allergy were detected in 40 other patients with acute biliary colic or acute cholecystitis. The successful effect of therapy with antihistaminic drugs is described.