Gallstone_Gall Blader - What are GALLSTONES? Some people form different size stones in the gallbladder. There may be a single stone or as many as 100 or more. Some stones are made of cholesterol, calcium, a blood pigment, or complex mixed stones with combination of above. What is gallbladder and what is its function in the body? Gallbladder is a pear shaped and sized bile bag, that is part of the biliary tree. It is connected to the bile tube coming from the liver. This bile tube is called common bile duct that joins with a tube coming from an organ called pancreas and opens in to a part of intestine called duodenum. The normal function of the gallbladder is to store the bile produced by the liver until a person eats and then the gallbladder muscles squeeze the bile in to the common bile duct to empty in to the duodenum, where it plays a part in the digestion of fatty food. Are gallstones normally present in everyone? No gallstones are normally present in everyone. The presence of gallstones in gallbladder indicates the diseased gallbladder. The person is at an increased risk of complications of gallstones. These include gallstone attacks, infection of gallbladder, passage of stones in the common bile duct, obstruction of common bile duct, cholangitis, yellow jaundice, gallstone Pancreatitis to name a few. What happens when some one has gallstones? Gall stones in the gallbladder act as a ball valve. Whenever gallbladder contracts the stones get wedged in to the outlet tube called cystic duct. This leads to increase of pressure inside the gall bladder. This produces referred pain and discomfort. Some people describe that as gas pain in upper abdomen, or right side back or right upper side of the abdomen under the rib cage. This can also produce vomiting. The symptoms can mimic heart attack or angina. Fatty foods are usually the culprit in the attacks but virtually any food can cause gall stone attacks. The pain or discomfort may ease up when the stone falls back or passes down the cystic duct in to the common bile duct.

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Gallstone_Gall Blader - What are GALLSTONES? Some people form different size stones in the gallbladder. There may be a single stone or as many as 100 or more. Some stones are made of cholesterol, calcium, a blood pigment, or complex mixed stones with combination of above. What is gallbladder and what is its function in the body? Gallbladder is a pear shaped and sized bile bag, that is part of the biliary tree. It is connected to the bile tube coming from the liver. This bile tube is called common bile duct that joins with a tube coming from an organ called pancreas and opens in to a part of intestine called duodenum. The normal function of the gallbladder is to store the bile produced by the liver until a person eats and then the gallbladder muscles squeeze the bile in to the common bile duct to empty in to the duodenum, where it plays a part in the digestion of fatty food. Are gallstones normally present in everyone? No gallstones are normally present in everyone. The presence of gallstones in gallbladder indicates the diseased gallbladder. The person is at an increased risk of complications of gallstones. These include gallstone attacks, infection of gallbladder, passage of stones in the common bile duct, obstruction of common bile duct, cholangitis, yellow jaundice, gallstone Pancreatitis to name a few. What happens when some one has gallstones? Gall stones in the gallbladder act as a ball valve. Whenever gallbladder contracts the stones get wedged in to the outlet tube called cystic duct. This leads to increase of pressure inside the gall bladder. This produces referred pain and discomfort. Some people describe that as gas pain in upper abdomen, or right side back or right upper side of the abdomen under the rib cage. This can also produce vomiting. The symptoms can mimic heart attack or angina. Fatty foods are usually the culprit in the attacks but virtually any food can cause gall stone attacks. The pain or discomfort may ease up when the stone falls back or passes down the cystic duct in to the common bile duct.