Re: Andreas Moritz on why bile stones do not show on CT scans

I disagree with the following claims:

 

"Once you see hundreds of green, beige-colored, brown, or black gallstones floating in the toilet bowl during your first liver flush"

Right there is proof positive that these are not true gallstones.  Real gallstones do not float, they sink.

 

"Only when excessive amounts of cholesterol-based stones (85-95% cholesterol) or other clumps of fat block the bile ducts of the liver, may an ultrasound test reveal what is generally referred to as "fatty liver.""

Fatty liver has a number of causes.  Here is post on some of the non-alcoholic causes:

http://curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1508330#i

 

"If you had a fatty liver and went to the doctor, he would tell you that you had excessive fatty tissue in your liver. It is less likely, though, that he would tell you that you had intrahepatic gallstones (stones obstructing the liver's bile ducts)."

That is because intrahepatic stones are EXTREMELY rare except as I pointed out before in some Asian countries.  This is because their formation has been linked to a parasitical infection. More on this:

http://www.ptolemy.ca/members/archives/2007/Cholelithiasis/tazuma2006.pdf

 

INTRAHEPATIC STONES

Worldwide epidemiology

Intrahepatic stones are rare in the Western world but frequent in Eastern Asia. The

prevalence of intrahepatic stones in the West is 0.6e1.3%,18,19 but extremely high

in Asian societies: for example, 47.3% in Taiwan, 38.0% in China, 17.0% in Korea,

and 11.7% in Malaysia.20 In Japan it is 2.1%.2 Also, a relatively high incidence is found

in Latin America (around 2%), especially in Brazil.21,22

There are two types of intrahepatic stones: (1) primary stones formed in the intrahepatic

bile duct, found in East Asian countries, and (2) secondary stones originating

from the gallbladder, commonly found in the Western world. The retrospective study

in East Asia indicates that the concomitant intrahepatic and extrahepatic stones are

found in approximately 70% of all hepatolithiasis cases, and that the left hepatic

duct involvement is similarly predominant in stone location and biliary strictures

(70e90%).23 Half of the intrahepatic stones occur concomitantly with gallbladder

stones, suggesting secondary stones. The mean age at presentation is the 50s and

60s, with a similar gender distribution.24,25

The aetiology of intrahepatic stones is not completely understood, but the higher

incidence in Asian countries and Brazil, compared to that inWestern societies, suggests

poor sanitary and nutritional conditions as key factors in the pathogenesis.20,26 Malnutrition

and low socio-economic class are associated with a high incidence of intrahepatic

stones.27 There is a gradual increase in the incidence of gallbladder stones with

Westernization of life-style, and this is associated with a decrease in intrahepatic stones

and CBD stones in Taiwan and Japan.28,29 Intrahepatic stones used to be common in

Japan during the 1950s when the diet was low in fat and protein, but with economic

development and improvement in the quality of life its prevalence is clearly declining.20

 

 

"As mentioned before, most of the smaller stones in the liver are not detectable through ultrasound or Computer axial Tomography (CT). "

And as pointed out earlier current ultrsound technology can detect stones down to 2mm, which is very small.  But neither test is going to detect something that is not there to begin with.

 

"Gallstones are a direct product of an unhealthy diet and lifestyle."

There are many contributing factors to gallstone formation.  Even the body's own hormones can contribute.   

 

"People with chronic illnesses often have several thousand gallstones congesting the bile ducts of the liver."

If this were the case you would be either dead or at least in the hospital with a serious condition such as pancreatitis or severe liver damage. Furthermore choledocholithiasis and hepatolithiasis commonly cause jaundice.  So why don't we commonly see jaundiced people running around if blocked bile ducts are as common as is being claimed?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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