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