Gallstones don’t typically cause dizziness and tiredness. However, some gallstone sufferers may experience fatigue and dizziness during the attack or when complications develop.
Gallbladder symptoms in men include right upper abdominal pain that comes and goes in attacks associated with nausea, vomiting, or anorexia.
Gallbladder removal is done by either open surgery via a single incision in the right upper abdomen or by laparoscopy (called laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
The most common gallbladder symptoms in women are right upper quadrant pain that may refer to the back, severe nausea, vomiting, and bloating.
The presence of small traces of bilirubin in urine is not considered a normal finding. Bilirubin in urine often denotes an underlying liver or biliary disease.
Common drugs that cause low alkaline phosphatase include cinacalcet, oral contraceptives, and other hormone replacement therapies.
The alkaline phosphatase normal ranges in adults range from 44 to 121 U/L (reference). These limits vary slightly from laboratory to laboratory.
Low alkaline phosphatase levels in patients with lupus can occur due to various causes. Commonly, medications, malnutrition, zinc & magnesium deficiency, hypothyroidism, severe anemia associated with lupus, and others.
You can lower alkaline phosphatase by working with your doctor to identify and treat the cause such as liver or biliary disease.
The main causes of marked elevations in alkaline phosphatase include biliary obstruction, liver diseases such as primary biliary cholangitis, transient hyperphosphatasemia in infancy and early childhood, liver transplant rejection, and others.
dangerous levels of alkaline phosphatase are marked elevations exceeding 4 or 5 times the upper limit of normal. However, the danger level depends on the cause of elevation.
A slightly elevated alkaline phosphatase level is caused by either physiological conditions (such as pregnancy, growing bones, or aging). It is also caused by disease conditions such as liver, biliary, bone, thyroid diseases, some cancers, etc.
