| The gallbladder is a small organ situated near | | | | disease:-variable pain in the abdominal area. |
| mid-abdominal area of the body. Its main function | | | | Variable because this pain is sometimes easy, |
| is to store the bile that comes from the liver. Bile | | | | sometimes very bad, and sometimes it lasts long, |
| is a substance that helps in the digestion of fat. | | | | sometimes it doesn't-vomiting accompanied by |
| Fat does not dissolve in water, so in order to | | | | temperature-yellow-ish skin and eyes, when a |
| emulsify fat something special is needed. The liver | | | | gallstones obstructs the canal through which bile |
| produces the bile and then stores it in the | | | | flows from the liver into the |
| gallbladder until the body needs to digest fats. | | | | gallbladderFortunately, gallstones can leave the |
| When this moment comes, the gallbladder starts | | | | body by themselves, but in some cases they get |
| to let the bile flow down into the intestine, inside | | | | stuck on the way and obstruct the flow of bile. If |
| the duodenum, where fat is digested with its help | | | | this happens surgery is required. The gallbladder |
| and then absorbed by the organism. While bile sits | | | | surgery is called cholecystectomy, and it consists |
| in the gallbladder, the water from it pours out | | | | of a procedure that removes the gallbladder from |
| through the gallbladder's walls, making the bile | | | | the body and connects the liver directly to the |
| more concentrated and therefore more effective. | | | | stomach, so bile does not pass through it |
| Bile also neutralizes some of the acids that are | | | | anymore. This causes the fat substance digestion |
| found in certain types of food.Just like every | | | | to be less effective.In the most unfortunate |
| other organ in the body, the gallbladder can | | | | cases, complications lead to gallbladder cancer. |
| malfunction and cause illness. At some people, | | | | This can happen if someone suffering from the |
| usually women that are over 40 years of age, | | | | gallbladder disease has weight problems and also |
| (but there have been quite a large number of | | | | smokes and drinks a lot. Gallbladder cancer is a |
| cases of men suffering from gallbladder too), the | | | | fatal illness, although advanced surgical tehniquies |
| bile inside it can crystallize into small stones, called | | | | attempt to remove it most of the patients with |
| gallstones. Gallstones are made of salt, calcium | | | | gallbladder die.Gallbladder disease is in most cases |
| and cholesterol, all put together in a small stone. | | | | almost harmless, but if you feel any of the |
| These gallstones can cause some problems, | | | | symptoms you should visit a doctor and listen to |
| starting with the inflammation of the gallbladder | | | | his advice. Patients that have been operated of |
| and ending with severe pain and blockage.In 3 | | | | gallbladder and had it removed can soon return to |
| quarters of the patients gallbladder does not | | | | their normal lives, but they need to pay attention |
| cause any visible symptoms, but in one quarter | | | | to the quantity of fat that they eat, because |
| something appears. These are the most | | | | without the gallbladder the body can't handle the |
| encountered symptoms of the gallbladder | | | | fat substance digestion to well. |