| In the right upper quadrant of the abdomen is | | | | the oral contraceptive pill and some types of |
| situated a small pear-shaped organ directly under | | | | hormone replacement therapy and some types |
| the liver called the gall bladder. Its principal function | | | | of blood disorders. |
| is to collect and concentrate the bile that the | | | | The gall bladder disease have the following |
| body uses to digest fats. The very common | | | | symptoms: indigestion and nausea after eating |
| problems with the gall bladder and biliary system | | | | especially fatty foods, vomiting attacks and pain in |
| are inflammation of the gall bladder and bile ducts, | | | | the right upper abdomen, which often radiates to |
| muscular spasms or poor contraction of the gall | | | | the right shoulder and back. Gallstones are formed |
| bladder wall, stones forming in the gall bladder or | | | | by the crystals precipitation out of the bile. These |
| bile ducts and obstruction to the free flow of bile. | | | | gallstones can stay in the gall bladder and cause |
| The gall bladder is developed by the body to | | | | no symptoms, but when a stone moves the neck |
| store bile that has been recovered from the | | | | of the gall bladder or the common bile duct may |
| bowel to be recycled, thus the liver is saved from | | | | be obstruct giving rise to severe pain in the upper |
| having to produce new batches. The gall bladder is | | | | right side of the abdomen. Jaundice is caused by |
| very important because it takes from the liver a | | | | the stone in the common bile duct and in this case |
| lot of workload. When the liver is under stress | | | | the skin and the eyes become yellow due to |
| and dysfunctional the gall bladder is itself | | | | accumulated bile pigment. |
| dysfunctional. When the liver is dysfunctional can | | | | There are cases when the people have large |
| produce toxic unhealthy bile. In the liver cells called | | | | stones in the gall bladder and they never have |
| hepatocytes is made a substance formed by | | | | problems. When the gall bladder becomes |
| water, electrolytes, bile acids, cholesterol, | | | | distended and inflamed often with resulting |
| phospholipids and bilirubin. This substance is called | | | | localized peritonitis is acute cholecystitis. In this |
| bile. | | | | case the neck of the gallbladder or cystic duct |
| Bile is a fat emulsifying agent which keep the | | | | can be obstruct by a stone. The pain appears in |
| cholesterol levels in check and helps with | | | | the central and right upper abdomen, it can be |
| absorption of nutrients like the fat soluble vitamins | | | | continuous and severe and increases in intensity |
| A, D, E and K. The gall bladder can be caused by | | | | over 24 hours. The pain can radiates around to |
| the production of toxic bile by the liver, | | | | the back and ca be associated with nausea, |
| inadequate production of bile by the liver, sluggish | | | | vomiting and fever. An ultrasound scan can |
| flow of bile, excess amounts of cholesterol in the | | | | confirm if the gall stones and acute cholecystitis |
| bile resulting in stone formation, infection of the | | | | are present. If the condition is untreated may |
| gall bladder, poor dietary choices with excess | | | | occur repeated attacks of cholecystitis. |
| consumption of fatty foods, dairy products and | | | | The people must avoid fat food for a good |
| fried foods, the hormonal changes of pregnancy, | | | | function of liver. |