Can I still eat meat if I have diarrhea after having my gallbladder removed?

Every year, many people have their gallbladders removed due to gallstones or cholecystitis. After these patients have had their gallbladders removed, they will want to ask the doctor, can I still eat meat? Let’s talk today, can I eat meat after having my gallbladder removed?

What kind of situation requires gallbladder removal surgery?

The gallbladder is the place where bile is stored in the human body. It concentrates and stores bile on a daily basis, and participates in the release and digestion of bile when eating. Bile is produced by liver cells, which secrete approximately 600 to 1000ml of bile every day, and flows into the bile duct and into the gallbladder for storage. When digestion is needed, it flows into the small intestine to help digest lipids and fat-soluble vitamins in food.

When the patient has symptoms such as: gallstones larger than 1cm, multiple gallstones, gallstones accompanied by recurrent cholecystitis, gallstones accompanied by gall polyps, ultrasound showing gallbladder atrophy, indicating that the gallbladder has lost its function or the gallbladder has lost its function. When the polyps become cancerous, the doctor will recommend that the patient undergo cholecystectomy.

Why do patients tend to have diarrhea after gallbladder removal?

After cholecystectomy, the opening and closing function of the patient's bile duct outlet is still the same as before the operation. That is, only when eating, the bile duct outlet will open and release bile; while after surgery, the patient's bile duct outlet will open and release bile. Diarrhea symptoms occur because bile is not in a concentrated state, so if you eat high-fat or high-protein foods for a short period of time after surgery, indigestion will occur and be excreted with the feces, causing diarrhea. Therefore, when discharged from the hospital after surgery, doctors will tell patients not to eat high-fat foods, such as fatty meats, fried foods, etc.

Patients must wait at least 2 to 3 months after surgery before eating meat and need to adjust their diet.

Because each patient’s constitution is different, they need to wait for the bile duct in the body to take over the gallbladder. After the compensatory mechanism of the action appears and the digestion of proteins and lipids is adapted, you can gradually return to a normal diet. For generally healthy people, recovery can take about half a year, or 2 to 3 months at the earliest. A more normal diet.

Although the bile duct will gradually take over the function of the removed gallbladder after surgery, it is still recommended that patients adjust their diet and try to consume low-fat, low-cholesterol and low-fat high-quality protein, such as fish, lean meat, etc. , and it is forbidden to eat fatty meat, drink alcohol and eat fried food to avoid affecting liver function.

Therefore, if most patients who have had their gallbladder removed can adjust their diet and wait until the bile ducts to compensate for the gallbladder mechanism are formed, they can still eat meat; however, if the patients have endocrine disorders, other gastrointestinal function problems or Other diseases may slow down the adjustment time of this compensatory mechanism, and even the bile duct may not take over the role of the gallbladder. Therefore, no matter whether you can eat meat or not, it is more important for patients to adjust their diet!