Gallbladders and Bile

The Liver produces bile which is stored in the Gllbladder. As your stomach and intestines digest food, your Gallbladder releases bile through a tube called the common bile duct. The duct connects your Gallbladder and liver to your small intestine.

After bile enters and passes down the small intestine, about 90% of bile salts are reabsorbed into the bloodstream through the wall of the lower small intestine. The liver extracts these bile salts from the blood and resecretes them back into the bile. Bile salts go through this cycle about 10 to 12 times a day. Each time, small amounts of bile salts escape absorption and reach the large intestine, where they are broken down by bacteria. Some bile salts are reabsorbed in the large intestine. The rest are excreted in the stool.

Bile is made in the liver and secreted into the Small intestines to neutralize the acidity of the chyme leaving the stomach. When there is no food entering the small intestines Bile is stored in the Gallbladder until it is needed.

delievery of bile directly to small intestine

results from the complete obstruction of the cystic duct leading to increased pressure within the gallbladder leading to cessation of biliary secretion

Gallbladder pain can be caused by generalised infections or the presence of gallstones which, if left untreated, can be highly painful. Maintaining a healthy weight through eating a balanced diet and getting plenty of exercise can reduce the risk of getting gallstones.

Recurrent abdominal pain due to gall stones, inflammation of gall bladder, pancreatitis due to gall stones, gall bladder polyps, and gangrene and perforation of gall bladder, and rarely cancer of the gall bladder will be an indication for a cholecystectomy.

Yes, you can develope gallstones@ any age, your diet has alot to do with it.

Bile emulsifies the fat so it can be broken down further by pancreatic lipase. The resulting tiny droplets are then absorbed by the lacteals in the intestinal villi and carried throughout the body by the lymphatic system.

A patient cannot eat 4-12 hours before undergoing a gallbladder test depending on what type of test will be done. The test will check the function of the gallbladder and if there are any blockages in its tubes.

you are not supposed to take food that are not easily digestible or spicy. you should reduce intake of fats and protein rich food , as now the bile juice is no more produced by your body.

If the pain is persistant and increasing, and later accompnied by fever, nausea, and vomiting, then it is very likely appendicitis. Go to your doctor and get it check out.

While definitely "safer" than egg yolks (which are high in fat and cholesterol), those who suffer from gallbladder issues should avoid eggs completely and consume a different source of protein (beans and rice, tofu).

The intestine

Saliva in the mouth helps to soften food as you chew it. Saliva helps begin the breakdown of foods.

After suffering for years myself, the first thing I would suggest is to remove eggs and coffee out of the diet completely. Pork is also a common culprit. Try to choose lower fat meal options and avoid creamy type foods, like ice-cream or mayonaisse, etc. This should be a good start.

read your book and stop asking for the answers, cheater.

From the glossary of medical terms the answer is: BILIRUBIN

Various authors report different "normal" ranges for the diameter of the common bile duct. The consensus is that most people have a common bile duct diameter of around 5mm, +/- 1 mm. However, there are reports were people with no hepatobilliary disease have a "normal" common bile duct size up to 10 mm. Also, there is a correlation between common bile duct diameter and age. Most physicians would like to check things further if the common bile duct diameter is greater than about 7 mm, particularly if there are symptoms indicating hepatobilliary disease (abdominal pain with or without jaundice, fever etc.). Finally, even "normal" common bile duct sizes do not exclude the possibility of disease (such as stones).

1.7 centimeters

No, there are no enzymes in bile.

Yes, the gallbladder is simple a storage area for bile. The liver produces the bile and stores it in the gallbladder until a fatty meal is comsumed. After a cholecyctectomy, bile produced in the liver travels to the small intestine instead. Diarrhea is often a complications since the bile is continuously draining into the small intestine.

Bile is stored and concentrated in the gallbladder, although it is produced by the liver. Then it goes to the duodenum (part of the small intestine) when it is needed for digesting lipids (fats).

Solidified crystal solids in the gall bladder are "gallstones," "biliary calculi," or "choleliths" : the presence of stones in the gall bladder is called "cholelithiasis". (pronounced "koh-luh-lih-THY-uh-sis")
cholelithiasis