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    The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver to aid in digestion of fats. Gallbladder disease, commonly caused by gallstones, occurs more often in women and risks increase with age. Gallstones form from excess cholesterol in bile and can cause chronic or acute inflammation, as well as jaundice. Doctors use blood tests, ultrasounds, and other scans to diagnose gallstones. Mild cases may be treated with painkillers and diet changes, while severe cases require surgery to remove the gallbladder or dissolve stones. After surgery, most patients can return to normal activities within a few weeks without dietary restrictions.

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    The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver to aid in digestion of fats. Gallbladder disease, commonly caused by gallstones, occurs more often in women and risks increase with age. Gallstones form from excess cholesterol in bile and can cause chronic or acute inflammation, as well as jaundice. Doctors use blood tests, ultrasounds, and other scans to diagnose gallstones. Mild cases may be treated with painkillers and diet changes, while severe cases require surgery to remove the gallbladder or dissolve stones. After surgery, most patients can return to normal activities within a few weeks without dietary restrictions.

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    The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver to aid in digestion of fats. Gallbladder disease, commonly caused by gallstones, occurs more often in women and risks increase with age. Gallstones form from excess cholesterol in bile and can cause chronic or acute inflammation, as well as jaundice. Doctors use blood tests, ultrasounds, and other scans to diagnose gallstones. Mild cases may be treated with painkillers and diet changes, while severe cases require surgery to remove the gallbladder or dissolve stones. After surgery, most patients can return to normal activities within a few weeks without dietary restrictions.

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    The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver to aid in digestion of fats. Gallbladder disease, commonly caused by gallstones, occurs more often in women and risks increase with age. Gallstones form from excess cholesterol in bile and can cause chronic or acute inflammation, as well as jaundice. Doctors use blood tests, ultrasounds, and other scans to diagnose gallstones. Mild cases may be treated with painkillers and diet changes, while severe cases require surgery to remove the gallbladder or dissolve stones. After surgery, most patients can return to normal activities within a few weeks without dietary restrictions.

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    Gallbladder Disease / Gallstones

    The gallbladder is a small organ under the liver that stores bile. Bile is made in the liver
    and stored in the gallbladder. Bile is used to help digest fats. Gallbladder disease is a disease
    found more commonly in women than men. This disease is usually caused by gallstones which
    are stones that form in the gallbladder from cholesterol, bile salts and calcium. They can vary in
    size from a few millimeters to a few centimeters.(1) Gallstones are formed when the bile made
    by the liver contains a high level of cholesterol, leaving the extra cholesterol to form crystals
    which develop into gallstones.
    Gallstones are found in people of all ages, but they are not as common in children. The
    risk of gallstones forming increase along with age. Some of the following groups of people are
    more likely to develop gallstones, people with relatives with gallstones, obese people, people
    with high cholesterol levels, and women taking drugs containing estrogen.
    The symptoms of gallstone have a large variety but they are usually shown in one of the
    three following ways, chronic cholecystitis, acute cholecystitis, and jaundice. Patients with
    chronic cholecystitis often have pain in the upper abdomen along with nausea and vomiting.
    Meanwhile, patients with acute cholecystitis have pains under the ribcage toward the right.
    Some signs of jaundice include, dry itchy skin, dark urine, yellow eyes and skin. These three
    disorders are not guaranteed to be cause by gallstones but it is very common.

    Some test doctors carry out in order to diagnose gallstones are , blood test, ultrasounds,
    CT scans, and MRI scans. Most pains can be treated with over the counter painkillers. Placing a
    warm object above the stomach is suggested to reduce pain. A low fat diet can also be very
    effective in order to reduce the frequency of attacks. If symptoms worsen surgery can be done in
    order to remove the gallstones. Patients are also offered alternatives, such as specific
    medications that are able to help dissolve gallstones. Another method is lithotripsy which is
    when single gallstones in the gall bladder or bile ducts can sometimes be 'shattered' by a
    technique called lithotripsy, which uses a 'beam' of sound energy. This method is commonly used
    for treating kidney stones but is only rarely useful for gallstones. The fragments of shattered
    stone will still need to be removed by ERCP or dissolution therapy.(1)
    Gallstones are removed through keyhole surgery. This involves making four small cuts
    less than 1cm long in the abdomen and the use of a tiny camera inserted though one of these cuts
    to see the gall bladder. Other instruments are placed in the abdomen through the other cuts. If
    the operation is successful most patients are able to go home the day after surgery and return to
    normal everyday activities within two weeks.(1) After gallbladder surgery most patients do not
    find any difficulties adjust back to living normal lives. Patients will no longer feel pain, and no
    long need to avoid fatty foods, which allow most patients to return to their normal lives before
    developing gallstones.

    Works Cited
    Diggory, Robert. "Gallbladder Disease." Netdoctor. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2014.

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