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Essentially the gallbladder is not required to live. It is responsible for digesting fats in food. Many people when eating an unusually high fat meal will have pain in their upper abdomen called a gallbladder spasm.

People who have had there gallbladder removed will often have issues eating high fat meals because it is not as digested and causes very fast gastrointestinal distress(diarrhea). The gall bladder stores the bile produced by the liver. You can still live if your gallbladder is removed.

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