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Gallbladders and Bile
Bile is produced in the liver, stored and concentrated in the gallbladder and released into the small intestine. Bile emulsifies the lipids in fatty food and makes it easier to digest. Unfortunately, the gallbladder can develop gallstones which can be tiny grains or as big as golf balls. Some cause no trouble but others may become life threatening.
838 Questions
Which part of the small intestine receives bile from the gallbladder and liver?
The first part of the small intestine, or duodenum, is where the small intestine receives bile to help digest fats.
What happen if a gallbladder stops working?
A person's gallbladder may stop working for a variety of reasons. Namely, it may be filled with stones or infected. If this is the case, the person will want to have their gallbladder removed so it does not cause them pain.
The liver produces bile and removes many toxic poisons from the blood.
What is the medical term meaning surgical removal of the gallbladder?
If done through the mouth/throat, it's called endoscopy.
Choledocholithotomy is surgical incision into the common bile duct to remove a stone.
choledocholithotomy(koh-led-oh-koh-lih-THOT-oh-mee) is an incision into the common bile duct for the removal of gallstones
What happens to digestion after a gall bladder removal?
Some people fair well and other's don't. It depends on how bad the gall bladder was before the removal of it. I had a tough time because I only had pain under the back of my right shoulder blade and it took doctors 11 weeks to find out it was gall bladder and by the time I had the surgery it took 2 years to get my digestive system back to normal. This is however, not the case with most patients!!! Your gall bladder use to squirt acid into the stomach when you ate and as soon as the food hit your stomach. Now that you don't have the gall bladder and that little duct from the gall bladder the acid will go into the stomach more rapidly and settle in the stomach. Sometimes it doesn't bother some people and others it does. You're stomach will let you know what you can and can't eat. Avoid most fats, but do introduce Olive Oil, etc. (good fats) into your body. Sometimes spicy foods, whipping cream, bacon, etc., are a familiar complaint I hear from friends who have had their gall bladder removed. Alcohol, cigarettes and caffeine can cause excessive acid. Drink at least 8 - 8 ounce glasses of water to help flush out the acids in the stomach. Just try different foods and you'll soon find out if you can eat anything without further annoyance or you may have to avoid certain foods. There is no reason you shouldn't live a good life and enjoy most foods.
How do you know if you are having gallbladder trouble?
Gallstones are stones that accumulate in the gallbladder or bile ducts. Appendicitis refers to the very painful inflammation of the appendix. Both pains are on the right side, but gallbladder pain is up under the ribs, while appendix pain is on the lower right side.
Should you have gall bladder removed?
Over 1/2 million people in America have their gallbladders removed every year. This is called cholecystectomy. Is it necessary? Will your digestion be perfect afterwards? That's what everybody's hoping for, to be pain free, gas free, bloat-free and to be able to eat whatever they like. You have a 60% chance of that happening. Out of every 10 cholecystectomies, 4 people will still have symtpoms.
Who Benefits From Gallbladder Removal?
While the gallbladder is certainly helpful in aiding the body to digest fats, it is not essential, and people who experience malfunction or disease of the gallbladder can live perfectly healthy lives without one. Individuals who have been diagnosed with gallstones, inflammation of the gallbladder, or cancer of the gallbladder will benefit from its removal.
Gallbladder Removal
Removal of the gallbladder is called a cholecystectomy. Today, this procedure is most commonly performed through a laparoscopic approach, utilizing very small cuts in the upper quadrant of the abdomen through which a laparoscope and other small instruments perform the procedure without having to make a traditional "open" surgical procedure through a large incision.
Prior to the surgical procedure, which typically lasts under 2 hours, the surgeon inflates the abdomen with carbon dioxide or air to create more space for easy viewing of the gallbladder. The laparoscope, a small, narrow tube with a lighted scope and video camera attached to one end, is inserted into a very small incision close to the belly button. Several surgical tools are inserted through 2 to 3 very small incisions in the upper abdomen as well, which allow access for insertion of these tools used during the procedure. The surgeon is then able to view your internal organs and gallbladder on a video or monitor screen in the surgical suite.
The gallbladder is tied off and separated from its attachments to the liver and the bile duct. The detached gallbladder is then removed through one of the surgical incisions or ports in the abdomen. In most cases, you will only need to remain in the hospital for one night, as opposed to traditional open surgery, which may require a 3- to 5-day hospital stay.
Source: PlacidWay
What are gallbladder attack symptoms?
The symptoms of a gallbladder attack are usually sharp stabbing pains. Although the gallbladder is located on the right side of the torso, the pains often radiate throughout the chest area, resembling a heart attack. Pains are usually worse after eating. Gallbladder attacks can also be accompanied by nausea, vomiting of bile, excessive belching and abdominal pain.
A strong pain under the right rib. Sometimes in the back too.
Gallbladder problems are made worse when you're constipated and don't eat enough greens, like salads.
Stop eating heavy fatty foods like meat, diary and carbs for a few days and eat more salads and water. It'll help your body to cope with any stones naturally.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Symptoms of chronic gallbladder disease can vary, some people have all of the symptoms; some have a few symptoms; and others have no symptoms at all. People who have NO symptoms are not exempt from having gallbladder disease; and their stones or their blockage may show up until other health testing is done.
Gallbladder attacks are most often set-off by a gallstone becoming lodged in the duct; attacks can be quiet painful, even unbearable. Stones can be any size to cause a blockage; including those that are very tiny in size; the size of a grain of sand. These tiny 'grains of sand' tend to glom together and plug the duct. Some gallstones can be larger than a golf ball.
As a result, the symptoms of an attack can result in complaints consisting of nausea; dry heaves; vomiting; gas; diarrhea; and/or a chronic low-grade fever. The type and degree of pain can also vary; pain can be mild to severe: sharp; stabbing; burning; shooting or a dull ache, and the pain can be in any number of areas or one area of the body: pain on the right side, front of body: under the armpit; at the bottom of ribcage; abdominal area near the appendix, or just above the right leg; in the back; under the right shoulder blade, or between the shoulder blades; right and left sides, front of body: upper chest; mid-ribcage area; or center of chest below the breast bone, or the stomach.
The gallbladder is located just below the breast bone on the right side and joined to the liver. Attacks can sometimes happen suddenly after a large or fatty meal or for no apparent reason at all; most attacks happen at night; they effect more women than men; many symptoms mimic a stomach virus or an ulcer; the symptoms can be due to a sluggish live, or the bile duct flow is impaired in some way; pain can vary from person to person, as listed above; pain can be felt in a number of places, also as listed above ; the frequency and the severity of the pain can vary; the duration and time between the gallbladder attacks can also vary; stool color can be light to a chalky colored; and the symptoms can continue long after the gallbladder has been removed.
There are other things which can cause gallbladder inflammation and stones: such as; family history; smoking; diet; high cholesterol; food allergies; birth control pills; estrogen therapy; pregnancy; infections; hepatitis; and hypothyroidism.
There are things which can mimic a gallbladder attack or a gallbladder attach can mimic other health issues: an fluctuation in the body's natural bile salts; a mild heart attack or angina; sever indigestion or an ulcer; liver disease; back spasms; even some symptoms from COPD can mimic a gallbladder attack; and yet as stated earlier; there are times when there are NO symptoms of a gallbladder issue.
What species do not have a gallbladder?
Several species of birds (the psittacines (including cockatoos), pigeons/doves and ostriches) lack a gallbladder altogether BUT they do produce liver bile which empties directly into the gut without being stored in a bladder.
Can you get pancreatitis back once gallbladder is removed?
You can most certainly develop pancreatitis after having your gall bladder removed. The gall bladder and pancreas share the same common bile duct and often times agitation to that area can stir up acute chemical pancreatitis.
What does the gallbladder look like?
The gallbladder is a pear-shaped, hollow structure located under the liver and on the right side of the abdomen. Its primary function is to store and concentrate bile, a yellow-brown digestive enzyme produced by the liver. The gallbladder is part of the biliary tract.
What exercise can you do after gallbladder surgery?
You are asking this question means you were operated at least three weeks back. You can walk for few 2 to 3 kilometers/day if any other contraindications are not there. You can increase the distance step wise for the same.
What is a sure sign that you have gallstones?
a sign of gallstone is if you are throwing up everthing you are eating, this is because a stone has travelled to your pancreas which causes inflamation of the pancreas you will be throwing up because the pancras is which where all your enzymes are produced thats a big stage to digestion and you will not poo because there is no food gettng to your bowels so you will not poo, and yu will have increaingly amount of pain sometimes in your stomach you might go yellow if you dont go to the hospital, you will have hardly any energy.
I am a 14 year old boy and i had gallstones when i was 13 the first night i felt pain and told my mum to phone a ambulance and 4 weeks later she took me to a walk in centre and they told me to go to the hospital.Do not take any pankiller if you are in pain becuase they will not helpit at all.
Can you live without a gallbladder?
Yes, it is possible to live without your gallbladder. Many people have them removed due to gallstones. The gallbladder is used to store bile and the stomach can function normally without it.
Yes, you can. It's merely a reservoir for bile.
Yes you can, There is no medical need to have your Gal Bladder.
But some complications could occur without one.
You can live without your gallbladder because it stores bile and the things it does you could live without it. Your liver produces the bile and you gallbladder just stores it. the liver would just keep producing bile for your body because you cant store it!
Many people need to have their gall bladders removed. You can live without your gall bladder. See the related link below for information about the conditions that lead to surgery, the surgery, the recovery and much more information on the topic.
Millions of people do, after having had a cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal, surgically). Even though some digestive enzymes are lost, the pancreas still produces some of them and, along with the digestive juices of the stomach, foods are processed farily well. The only limitation is with heavy fatty meals. Often there is poor processing of fats, after such meals, resulting in steatorhhea (fatty stools).
Which ducts drain bile from gallbladder to liver?
A small, pear-shaped muscular sac, located under the right lobe of the liver, in which bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion. So there you are, sitting at lunch, enjoying some grilled-chicken pizza and a few orange wedges. When you're finished, you take a last drink of milk, wipe your mouth, and head to your next class. In a few minutes you're thinking about the capital of Oregon or your science fair project. You've completely forgotten about that pizza lunch you just ate. But it's still in your stomach --- sort of like a science experiment that happens all the time!
by shannon oates-jones united kingdom./birchwood high school
Can bile get into the stomach?
Bile is created in the liver and is stored in the gallbladder, after which it is secreted through bile ducts into the duodenum. It actually never crosses paths with the HCl that is in the stomach.
However, if you were to put the two substances in a battle against eachother, i would put money on the HCl in the stomach to beat the bile. :)
What causes symptoms similar to a gallbladder attack?
begins in the abdomen and may radiate to the chest, back, or the area between the shoulders
What do you call gallbladder surgery?
Gallstone surgery is also known as gallbladder surgery. Doctors remove your gallbladder if you have gallstones present.
There are 500,000 gallbladder surgeries in the United States each year. Yet most could have been prevented using simple gallstones home remedies.
You can pass gallstones naturally and avoid surgery. Can it work for you? It can. Experts say about 85% of gallstones can be passed naturally. Start to pass your gallstones by learning some of the simple natural remedies.
How does the structure of the digestive system help to perform a task?
- It's long and convoluted to allow for maximum digestion in small space
- The villi adds extra area for more digestion
- The order in which the food is digested is well organized and allows for maximum digestion, starting with the most essential: the carbohydrates which start at the mouth.
- The duodenum is the perfect place to release many of the digestive enzymes because it is at the beginning of the absorption tunnel.
- The stomach is well equipped to digest proteins and keep the food from leaving until needed.
What is the green substance in your gallbladder?
The green substance is bile. It is formed in the liver and is stored in the gall bladder to be transferred to the duodenum of the small intestine when needed for emulsion and neutralisation. If you more information ask and I will give you.
What is a good source of bile?
Lipids. (Both fats and oils are lipids. Fats are solid while oils are liquid. It is more correct to use the term 'lipids' rather than just calling them 'fats')
How do you know if you have Gallbladder problem?
Causes severe epigastric pain; associated with prolonged storage of bile in the gallbladder.
Extreme pain in the middle of your torso, also in the back sometimes, especially after eating roughage or fatty food.
There are some gallstones that don't cause any pain. This is called silent gallstone. Usually not really a threat and are left their if they are not causing pain. If you are having pain, contact your family doctor and she/he will recomend getting an ultrasound. Ultrasounds are the only way to find out if you have gallstones.
