Veronica Riley-O'Brien is a 30-year-old mother of two young boys (Tyler, 4 years old, and Ethan, 6 weeks old). Veronica is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 126 pounds. She is having difficulty sleeping due to pain in her abdomen and back. She calls her doctor this morning because the pain has intensified. An appropriate treatment for Ms. Riley-O'Brien's gallbladder disease would be ____.

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The symptoms described (abdominal and back pain) are consistent with gallbladder disease, which can be treated with surgery to remove the gallbladder. Hormone replacement and cholesterol-lowering medications would not be appropriate treatments for this condition. While a low-fat/low-cholesterol diet may be beneficial in preventing gallbladder disease from worsening, it would not necessarily treat an acute attack. Therefore, the most appropriate treatment for Ms. Riley-O'Brien's gallbladder disease would be surgery.

Veronica Riley-O'Brien Is a 30-Year-Old Mother of Two Young Boys