Gallstones And Gallbladder Treatment



Gallstones are hardened collections of bile materials that develop in your gallbladder. They can be as small as a grain of sand or as big as a ping pong ball. Most don’t cause any problems, but they can cause problems if they get loose and travel into your bile ducts. The condition of having gallstones is called cholelithiasis.

 

What Are Gallstones?

Gallstones form in your gallbladder, the small, pear-shaped organ where your body stores bile. They are pebble-like pieces of concentrated bile materials. Bile fluid contains cholesterol, bilirubin, bile salts and lecithin. Gallstones are usually made up of cholesterol or bilirubin that collect at the bottom of your gallbladder until they harden into “stones.”

Gallstones can be as small as a grain of sand or as big as a golf ball. They grow gradually, as bile continues to wash over them and they collect extra materials. Actually, it’s the smaller stones that are more likely to cause trouble. That’s because smaller stones can travel, while bigger ones tend to stay put. Gallstones that travel may get stuck somewhere and create a blockage.

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