What causes gallbladder shrinkage?
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Gallbladder shrinkage may be caused by physiological factors, chronic cholecystitis, gallstones and other reasons.
1. Physiological factors: fat will enter the digestive tract after eating, gallbladder will be stimulated to contract, discharge bile, resulting in gallbladder shrinkage, is normal.
2. Chronic cholecystitis: chronic inflammation of the gallbladder caused by a variety of reasons, patients with chronic cholecystitis will make the gallbladder wall scar hyperplasia, significantly thickened, so that the gallbladder function is seriously damaged, leading to narrowing of the lumen, resulting in gallbladder shrinkage.
3. Gallstones: gallbladder stones will damage the gallbladder contraction, relaxation function, can make the gallbladder wall gradually thickened, in the long run gallbladder will completely lose function, resulting in gallbladder atrophy.
