Chihuahua pear shape, a hollow structure located under the liver and on the right side of the abdomen, its main function is storage and concentration of bile extract, bile juice helps digestion be yellowish brown color produced by the liver, the gallbladder is part of the bile duct, The gallbladder is a reservoir of bile that is not immediately used for digestion. When food enters the small intestine, a hormone called colicastocinin is released, which stimulates the gallbladder to begin to work and excretes the bile to the small intestine through the common bile duct. Promising bile in the digestion process by stripping possible fat and neutralize the acids in the partially digested food.
Causes of Gallstones:
The presence of excess cholesterol, bilirubin or bile salts can cause gallstones, and gallstones are small solid deposits formed inside the gall bladder when the stored bile is stored, and people who suffer from the presence of stones in the gallbladder rarely feel any symptoms until it reaches Gravel to a certain size, or if the stone blocks the bile ducts, and the surgical removal of gallbladder (gallbladderectomy) is the most common way to treat gallstones.
Bitter Diseases:
The presence of gallstones in the gallbladder is usually caused by unclear reasons. Bile material can crystallize in the gallbladder. The stones are usually harmless, but may sometimes cause pain, nausea, or inflammation.
2. Gallbladder inflammation: It often occurs because of gallstones, and gallbladder inflammation causes severe pain and fever, and treatment may require surgery if the inflammation continues or is repeated.
3. Gallbladder cancer: Although it is a rare condition, but can affect the gallstones on gall bladder cancer, and difficult to diagnose this condition, if found only in the late stages when symptoms begin to appear, and may be similar symptoms with the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder.
4. Pancreatic peptide: A lump of gallstones affected the channels that drain the pancreas and lead to pancreatitis as a result, considered a serious condition.
Some tests are conducted to detect gallbladder diseases:
1. Ultrasound in the abdomen: It is an excellent test to detect the presence of gravel in the gallbladder and to check the wall of gallbladder.
2. Endoscopy: A flexible oral tube is used from the stomach to the small intestine. The doctor can see through the tube and inject dye into the bile duct system. Small surgical instruments can also be used to treat some cases of gallstones through the endoscopy. .