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The bile inside the gallbladder can crystallize when there is an imbalance of chemicals forming gallstones. These stones may stay inside the gallbladder and not causes problems. However, sometimes the stones can travel through the bile ducts which can cause symptoms such as pain, nausea, and vomiting. Less often, complications such as gallbladder infections or inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) may result.
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Gallbladder: A pear-shaped organ just below the liver that stores the bile secreted by the liver. During a fatty meal, the gallbladder contracts, delivering the bile through the bile ducts into the intestines to help with digestion. Abnormal composition of bile leads to formation of gallstones, a process termed cholelithiasis. The gallstones cause cholecystitis, inflammation of the gallbladder.
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The problem is that some gallstones can get stuck in the opening where the gallbladder narrows to become the cystic duct. As the gallbladder contracts to push out more bile, the stone blocking the duct can cause tremendous pain. Gallbladder pain is called an “attack ”because of the intensity of the pain. Anyone who has had an attack will usually describe it as beyond awful, sometimes more intense than childbirth.
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If the tumor is only in the lining of the gallbladder, you need a cholecystectomy, which is surgery to remove the gallbladder. If the tumor has spread, you need a radical resection. In a radical resection, the surgeon removes the gallbladder and lymph nodes in the area and the rim of the liver. The surgery helps to decrease symptoms caused by the backup of bile.
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A gallbladder attack is caused by inflammation of the gallbladder. This usually happens because a stone is blocking a passageway in the gallbladder. Gallstones develop in the gallbladder when substances in bile form hard particles. They can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball.
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Sometimes the contents of bile fluid collect in the gallbladder, harden, and form crystals, which then progress to stones, known as gallstones. Gallstones, which were once thought to be powerful magical charms, can form into multiple shapes and sizes, from the size of a grain of sand to that of a walnut. Some people can have one or two of them, while others can have dozens, if not hundreds. Some even save their stones from their operations.
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