| since the number of people that are diagnosed | | | | first symptoms that appear don't necessarily |
| with the gallbladder disease is alarmingly increasing, | | | | indicate that you have the gallbladder disease. |
| and gallbladder surgery is one of the most | | | | These symptoms are very common in many |
| performed surgeries in the United States, it is | | | | problems, so the best thing to do is visit a doctor |
| important that you understand this illness and its | | | | and listen to his advice. |
| symptoms so that you can discover it as soon as | | | | After the constipation, the gallbladder starts to |
| possible and avoid surgery if you can. | | | | hurt, making you feel pain in the liver area. Then |
| The gallbladder is a small organ that can be found | | | | as the disease advances you may experience |
| between the liver and the duodenum, that is | | | | dizziness, indigestions after consistent meals, gas, |
| connected to the liver in its upper part and to the | | | | and dark-colored stools. If you eat too much fat |
| stomach in its lower part. The liver produces the | | | | and the ill gallbladder can't provide enough bile to |
| bile, a substance needed whenever you eat fat | | | | digest it all than you will have diarrhea. Also, if a |
| foods, because fat can't be digested through the | | | | gallstone is obstructing the bile duct you will have |
| normal procedure because it does not dissolve in | | | | yellow-ish eyes. |
| water. Therefore, the liver makes the bile and | | | | If the gallstones leave the bile and start to |
| then it stores it in the gallbladder for whenever it's | | | | obstruct the duct or reach the duodenum, then a |
| needed. When you eat fat food the gallbladder | | | | gallbladder attack will occur. Gallbladder attacks |
| starts pouring the bile needed for the food's | | | | need to be immediately treated by a doctor. |
| digestion. Due to the ingredients of the bile, | | | | These are the most common symptoms of |
| sometimes small stones can form in it and these | | | | gallbladder attacks: |
| stones can cause problems that can only be fixed | | | | -vomiting |
| through surgery in some cases, or they may | | | | -pain in the right side, near the liver. This pain |
| cause gallbladder attacks in more extreme | | | | radiates in the whole body, especially to the right |
| situations. | | | | shoulder. |
| If you learn the symptoms of the gallbladder | | | | -a lot of gas |
| disease well, and those of a gallbladder attack too, | | | | -severe pain occurs at night or after a very fatty |
| you will be able to detect both of them early and | | | | meal |
| call for a doctor. If you discover the illness as | | | | These are the most encountered symptoms of |
| early as possible the treatment will be easier and | | | | the gallbladder disease or of gallbladder attacks. If |
| perhaps you will be able to avoid surgery. | | | | you are experiencing any of them, do not |
| You may be experiencing gallbladder symptoms | | | | hesitate to consult a doctor in short time. If not, |
| for years and you don't realize it until its too late. | | | | try to remember them, because they may save |
| The first sign that it shows is constipation. But the | | | | you or a family member from a bad condition. |