The sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) has three stages: Functional Structural Failure
Functional stage of the SOD manifests by pains, cramps in the RUQ, nausea, low appetite. Some doctors call it as biliary dyskinesia, dysfunctional gallbladder. Blood tests appear normal other specific tests may reveal low ejection fraction-low contraction of the gallbladder.
In the structural stage of the SOD, symptoms are getting worse, especially after large, fatty dinner with alcohol consumption. The chronic pain goes to the right-biliary type or to the left in the pancreatic type of the sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. The person can have bile reflux, indigestion with gas, bloating, constipation, or diarrhea, and more. Lab tests may show elevated liver of pancreas enzymes. Visual tests reveal structure changes in the liver, gallbladder (gallstones or gallbladder removal), pancreas, bile ducts.
Final stage occurs after long-lasting hepatitis, cirrhosis, postcholecystectomy syndrome, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, sphincter of Oddi surgery (endoscopic sphincterotomy), etc.
In all stages of the sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, it is critical to diminish the factors, which cause spasm or improper opening of this muscles valve.
Unhealthy eating habits Whole body acidity Alcohol Smoking Sedentary lifestyle Overweight issues Toxic chemicals Some medications Deficiency of the vital nutrients, and more
Whole body acidity sounds strange here. There are many pieces of evidence show that too much acidity in the body severely affect two alkaline digestive glands liver that produces alkaline bile and pancreas that releases very alkaline pancreatic juice. Due to precipitation of the bile acids, bile is getting aggressive and irritates gallbladder, bile ducts, and the sphincter of Oddi causing its spasm. The acidity of the pancreatic juice leads to pancreatitis and indigestion. http://pancreas.imedpub.com/chronic-metabolic-acidosis-destroys-pancreas.php?aid=164 http://townsendletter.com/AugSept2015/acid0815.html https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/236176#/longdescr
By my opinion and decades of the clinical experience, treatment of the different stages of the SOD has to begin not with surgery or long-term symptomatic therapy.
In many situations, non-knife and non-drug approaches by focusing on the root of the problems can improve the quality of life of the person with the sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
I have tried the Kalvory mineral salt for about a month but did not notice a difference. I noticed that it raised my Ph to the ideal alkaline levels, but still no improvement with SOD.
A friend suffers from monthly/bimonthly severe SOD spasms and nausea. The ONLY thing in 25 years which seems to help reduce a flare up is an immediate drink of very cold water. The cold water in the stomach seems to shock the spasm into calming down.
I'm trying Ox Bile since helps after Removal of Gallbladder to help your Body and Liver Digest Fats, it's too soon to tell if it's going to work but anyone who doesn't have a Gallbladder should try this since most nutritionist recommend this. Read about Bile Salt, or Ox Bile. I also place castor oil directly on my pain area and let it dissolve into skin and relax area, people usually soak a flannel cloth with it and place it on painful or tender area to relieve pain. I know for me once an attack starts I try to make myself throw up, I don't know how it why but it relieves some of the pain, and I get into the hottest bath. I'm going to try to do everything to avoid surgery, since I read many many stories of continued or worsened pain after sod surgery.
Also Epsom salt mixed with Apple Juice or Water as soon as you feel an attack coming on relaxes the sphincter muscle, read directions on package to use as Laxative since it can be used for both Laxative or Bath to relax muscles. So keep Epsom Salt (the kind labeled for both Laxative and Muscle) on hand, and use. You can read about the Gallbladder Cleanse with Epsom Salt, Olive Oil. Apple Juice, Lemon or Vinegar to also relieve Liver (Gallbladder removed) or Gallbladder attacks, and remove stones. My attacks are so bad. And I have them on an empty stomach, not after a fatty meals wich is so strange. I've read others who say the attacks happen to them also after they eat carbs. I don't eat a lot of fat, and don't believe attacks happen because you eat wrong. My pain is always in the middle upper stomach, my epigastric area. It starts with an awful, awful burn, then it turns into the most painful spasm I call it Worst Labor Pains, or Heart Attack feeling, and can't move, it's the worst pain in the world, besides Labor (since my Labor was awful) but very very close to the worst labor pains. They come on so strong, they're very very scary. It's either continued stones getting stuck in bile duct, and your duct spasms, or sod pain I just don't know but they're so scary, and it's more scary there is no Surgery to fix this problem for 20% of people. Drs don't even know what to do, that's why they tell you have phantom pains, acid reflux, gerd, gas, or everything else. Besides this. I hope someone finds a solution since I can't live like this. I knew I had this 2 days after Surgery when I took morphine and had one of my worst attacks ever. If you look up morphine and sod you will see it causes attacks to happen. Surgeon didn't say much. And I had to look up info to find out what was going on. It's been 2 years since Gallbladder Removed and I've had 4 attacks, first one and last one have been the worst (first caused by morphine) and 2, 3 happened in the morning on an empty stomach when having stress, and last was caused by Diet Pill Alli on 7th day of taking it, I had the worst attack every, only lasted about 5-7min which brings me to this web site. It's been about 5 days and my mid stomach where I got pain is still raw, feels cut and painful. And feel my pancreas might be inflamed.
Same. My attacks are always between 4am and 5am in the morning when my stomach is empty. Sometimes a grumble but sometimes I'm thinking of calling an ambulance. I can't take codeine since having my gall bladder out or I nearly die with pain. I don't think it was my gall bladder that was the problem it was sphincter of oddi. But the doctors can't wait to whip your gall bladder out. I now drink lots of water before bed then if it starts in the early hours drink some water as soon as you wake with that dreaded feeling. This seems to have helped a bit.
Diet for me. Zero sugar, gluten alcohol . I have sporadic attacks so I count myself lucky. I have peppermint tea every morning. I'm currently trying a healing course so will let you know how that goes.
The cause of SOD is not known. Opioids can cause spasm of the sphincter of Oddi but this does not always associated with pain or pancreatitis. It is not a recognized disease entity anywhere in the world outside of the U.S. In fact, most cases, even in the U.S., strangely come out of a few large centers in the midwest. This is a functional GI disorder. ERCP never makes anyone better but lines the pockets of GI physicians who perform these procedures. Best therapy, coming from guidelines from the American Gastroenterologic Society, is neuromodulators. The problem is few GI physicians and surgeons know anything about using these.
The sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) has three stages:
ReplyDeleteFunctional
Structural
Failure
Functional stage of the SOD manifests by pains, cramps in the RUQ, nausea, low appetite. Some doctors call it as biliary dyskinesia, dysfunctional gallbladder. Blood tests appear normal other specific tests may reveal low ejection fraction-low contraction of the gallbladder.
In the structural stage of the SOD, symptoms are getting worse, especially after large, fatty dinner with alcohol consumption. The chronic pain goes to the right-biliary type or to the left in the pancreatic type of the sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. The person can have bile reflux, indigestion with gas, bloating, constipation, or diarrhea, and more. Lab tests may show elevated liver of pancreas enzymes. Visual tests reveal structure changes in the liver, gallbladder (gallstones or gallbladder removal), pancreas, bile ducts.
Final stage occurs after long-lasting hepatitis, cirrhosis, postcholecystectomy syndrome, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, sphincter of Oddi surgery (endoscopic sphincterotomy), etc.
In all stages of the sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, it is critical to diminish the factors, which cause spasm or improper opening of this muscles valve.
Unhealthy eating habits
Whole body acidity
Alcohol
Smoking
Sedentary lifestyle
Overweight issues
Toxic chemicals
Some medications
Deficiency of the vital nutrients, and more
Whole body acidity sounds strange here. There are many pieces of evidence show that too much acidity in the body severely affect two alkaline digestive glands liver that produces alkaline bile and pancreas that releases very alkaline pancreatic juice. Due to precipitation of the bile acids, bile is getting aggressive and irritates gallbladder, bile ducts, and the sphincter of Oddi causing its spasm. The acidity of the pancreatic juice leads to pancreatitis and indigestion.
http://pancreas.imedpub.com/chronic-metabolic-acidosis-destroys-pancreas.php?aid=164
http://townsendletter.com/AugSept2015/acid0815.html
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/236176#/longdescr
By my opinion and decades of the clinical experience, treatment of the different stages of the SOD has to begin not with surgery or long-term symptomatic therapy.
In many situations, non-knife and non-drug approaches by focusing on the root of the problems can improve the quality of life of the person with the sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
Peter Melamed, Ph.D.
Biotherapy Clinic of San Francisco
I have tried the Kalvory mineral salt for about a month but did not notice a difference. I noticed that it raised my Ph to the ideal alkaline levels, but still no improvement with SOD.
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DeleteA friend suffers from monthly/bimonthly severe SOD spasms and nausea. The ONLY thing in 25 years which seems to help reduce a flare up is an immediate drink of very cold water. The cold water in the stomach seems to shock the spasm into calming down.
ReplyDeleteI have more constant pain. Magnesium seems to help.
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DeleteMagnisium Glycanatite helps me alt, but still very painful.
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DeleteI'm trying Ox Bile since helps after Removal of Gallbladder to help your Body and Liver Digest Fats, it's too soon to tell if it's going to work but anyone who doesn't have a Gallbladder should try this since most nutritionist recommend this. Read about Bile Salt, or Ox Bile. I also place castor oil directly on my pain area and let it dissolve into skin and relax area, people usually soak a flannel cloth with it and place it on painful or tender area to relieve pain.
ReplyDeleteI know for me once an attack starts I try to make myself throw up, I don't know how it why but it relieves some of the pain, and I get into the hottest bath. I'm going to try to do everything to avoid surgery, since I read many many stories of continued or worsened pain after sod surgery.
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DeleteAlso Epsom salt mixed with Apple Juice or Water as soon as you feel an attack coming on relaxes the sphincter muscle, read directions on package to use as Laxative since it can be used for both Laxative or Bath to relax muscles. So keep Epsom Salt (the kind labeled for both Laxative and Muscle) on hand, and use. You can read about the Gallbladder Cleanse with Epsom Salt, Olive Oil. Apple Juice, Lemon or Vinegar to also relieve Liver (Gallbladder removed) or Gallbladder attacks, and remove stones.
ReplyDeleteMy attacks are so bad. And I have them on an empty stomach, not after a fatty meals wich is so strange. I've read others who say the attacks happen to them also after they eat carbs. I don't eat a lot of fat, and don't believe attacks happen because you eat wrong. My pain is always in the middle upper stomach, my epigastric area. It starts with an awful, awful burn, then it turns into the most painful spasm I call it Worst Labor Pains, or Heart Attack feeling, and can't move, it's the worst pain in the world, besides Labor (since my Labor was awful) but very very close to the worst labor pains. They come on so strong, they're very very scary. It's either continued stones getting stuck in bile duct, and your duct spasms, or sod pain I just don't know but they're so scary, and it's more scary there is no Surgery to fix this problem for 20% of people. Drs don't even know what to do, that's why they tell you have phantom pains, acid reflux, gerd, gas, or everything else. Besides this. I hope someone finds a solution since I can't live like this.
I knew I had this 2 days after Surgery when I took morphine and had one of my worst attacks ever. If you look up morphine and sod you will see it causes attacks to happen. Surgeon didn't say much. And I had to look up info to find out what was going on. It's been 2 years since Gallbladder Removed and I've had 4 attacks, first one and last one have been the worst (first caused by morphine) and 2, 3 happened in the morning on an empty stomach when having stress, and last was caused by Diet Pill Alli on 7th day of taking it, I had the worst attack every, only lasted about 5-7min which brings me to this web site. It's been about 5 days and my mid stomach where I got pain is still raw, feels cut and painful. And feel my pancreas might be inflamed.
PEPPERMINT OIL!
DeleteSame. My attacks are always between 4am and 5am in the morning when my stomach is empty. Sometimes a grumble but sometimes I'm thinking of calling an ambulance. I can't take codeine since having my gall bladder out or I nearly die with pain. I don't think it was my gall bladder that was the problem it was sphincter of oddi. But the doctors can't wait to whip your gall bladder out. I now drink lots of water before bed then if it starts in the early hours drink some water as soon as you wake with that dreaded feeling. This seems to have helped a bit.
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DeletePEPPERMINT OIL! PURE ORGANIC. GOOD QUALITY PEPPERMINT OIL! DRS DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT IT. IT WORKS INSTANTLY!I REPEAT. PEPPERMINT OIL!
ReplyDeletePEPPERMINT OIL STOPS THE SPASMS IMMEDIATELY! I JUST USED A CANDY CANE. MY STOMACH HURT ATE A PIECE. VOILA. BUE BYE PAIN
ReplyDeleteDiet for me.
ReplyDeleteZero sugar, gluten alcohol .
I have sporadic attacks so I count myself lucky. I have peppermint tea every morning. I'm currently trying a healing course so will let you know how that goes.
The cause of SOD is not known. Opioids can cause spasm of the sphincter of Oddi but this does not always associated with pain or pancreatitis. It is not a recognized disease entity anywhere in the world outside of the U.S. In fact, most cases, even in the U.S., strangely come out of a few large centers in the midwest. This is a functional GI disorder. ERCP never makes anyone better but lines the pockets of GI physicians who perform these procedures. Best therapy, coming from guidelines from the American Gastroenterologic Society, is neuromodulators. The problem is few GI physicians and surgeons know anything about using these.
ReplyDeleteIt’s recognised in New Zealand as I have the condition unfortunately. I know of at least two others who have it.
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