| 1.What is the gallbladder? | | | | can harm the gallbladder. Sometimes infections |
| The gallbladder is a small organ which looks like a | | | | can affect the gallbladder leading to its |
| pear and it can be found under the liver, in the | | | | contamination and malfunction. |
| upper right side of the abdomen. | | | | 6.How can I know if my gallbladder is not working |
| 2.Why do we need a gallbladder? | | | | properly? |
| The gallbladder is helpful in the process of | | | | There are symptoms of a malfunction of the |
| digestion as it collects and concentrates the bile. | | | | gallbladder. If you have indigestion and you vomit |
| The gallbladder is collecting the bile from the bowel | | | | after eating fatty foods, you can blame the |
| and so it helps the liver in its work, because | | | | gallbladder. Other symptoms are pains in the |
| otherwise the liver will have to produce new | | | | upper right side of the abdomen and in the back |
| batches and will eventually get exhausted. | | | | and right shoulder. |
| 3.How can the gallbladder get affected? | | | | 7.Why do gallstones form? |
| Problems with the gallbladder begin once | | | | The gallstones appear due to a precipitation of the |
| inflammation of it and of the bile ducts occurs. | | | | crystals. This is due to a malfunction of the liver |
| Sometimes the gallbladder's wall will not contract | | | | who produces toxic or fatty bile. |
| any more or it will have too many muscular | | | | 8.Do the gallstones come with any symptoms? |
| spasms. If stones are forming inside the | | | | If the gallstones stay in the gallbladder and do not |
| gallbladder its function will also be affected by | | | | move there will be no symptoms. As soon as the |
| them. These stones can even give an obstruction | | | | gallstones move and obstruct the neck of the gall |
| and the bile will not flow freely as it used to do. | | | | bladder, pain in the upper right abdomen will |
| 4.Of what is made the bile from? | | | | appear. Most frequent jaundice will appear, due to |
| The bile is made in the liver cells out of water, bile | | | | the accumulated bile pigment. |
| acids, cholesterol, bilirubin and phospholipids. It is | | | | 9.How can I get rid of the gallstones? |
| used in keeping the levels of cholesterol under | | | | The doctor can try to dissolve the stones, but |
| control and in the process of absorption of | | | | this is made gradually on a period of several |
| vitamins A, D E and K. | | | | years with the help of medication. Also, keeping a |
| 5.Are there some responsible factors for the | | | | diet low in fats will help your liver more than you |
| gallbladder problems? | | | | think. |
| There are some incriminated factors in the | | | | Sometimes if the gallstone gets stuck in the neck |
| process of gallbladder dysfunction. If the liver | | | | of the gall bladder or in the cystic duct, acute |
| does not produce enough bile or it produces a | | | | cholecystitis might appear, meaning that the |
| toxic one, this can harm the gallbladder. | | | | gallbladder got inflamed and distended, creating a |
| Sometimes if there is too much cholesterol in the | | | | localized peritonitis. This kind of illness affects |
| body the gallbladder will suffer because this | | | | women most of all, aged from 20 to 40, but |
| cholesterol will form stones inside the gallbladder. | | | | other persons can also get affected. Besides the |
| A wrong diet consisting out of fatty foods and | | | | pain which lasts more than 24 hours, fever will |
| fried foods will only interact with the function of | | | | develop, along with nausea and vomiting. |
| the gallbladder and will affect it. Even some drugs | | | | Treatment must be done or else the attack |
| like oral contraceptive pills and some hormones | | | | might occur after some time again. |