Can gallbladder be treated with antibiotics?

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Acute cholecystitis is usually first treated with antibiotics to settle the infection and then keyhole surgery to remove the gallbladder.

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Management and Treatment How can cholecystitis be treated? Treatment of cholecystitis usually takes place in the hospital. Treatments may include: Fasting, to rest the gallbladder. IV fluids to prevent dehydration. Pain medication. Antibiotics to treat infection. Removing the gallbladder.

Burping and bloating are generally non-specific. As far as your question about whether or not antibiotics can cause cholecystitis, it is important to know which antibiotic you took. There are certain cases where Ceftriaxone has been reported to cause gallbladder sludge formation leading to cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder).

Antibiotics to fight infection. If your gallbladder is infected, your doctor likely will recommend antibiotics. Pain medications. These can help control pain until the inflammation in your gallbladder is relieved. Procedure to remove stones.

No: Antibiotics do not help with gallbladder disease except in the case of gallbladder infection, in which case they are only useful as an adjunct to surg... Read More 5.3k views Reviewed >2 years ago

Gallbladder Attacks: If the gallbladder is inflamed then antibiotics can be used to treat the acute infection. However, the definitive treatment for gallbladder attacks is surgery to have the gallbladder removed. This is a very common surgery and can be done on an outpatient basis.

In the acute course of cholecystitis, antibiotics can be useful in cases of suspected peritonitis and empyema of the gallbladder, as well as in septic complications. The doctor decides exactly which antibiotic is appropriate for acute cholecystitis. Typically, the drug is selected based on the results of sowing bile.