| Your gallbladder is probably the last thing you think of | | | | The first type of pain you can get with a gallbladder |
| when it comes to health. Trust me when I say a | | | | problem is often classified as the heart attack or "I'm |
| gallbladder that goes bad has a way of grabbing your | | | | shot" pain. It is a sharp, strong pain that happens |
| attention real quick. How does it do this? Pain! | | | | around the edge of the ribs near the heart. This is |
| The gallbladder is an organ located under the liver. It | | | | known as the acute gallbladder attack. What causes |
| acts as a repository for bile created by the liver. Bile is | | | | it? The gallbladder delivers its bile to the intestines |
| used to help digest foods. The Standard American | | | | through tracts that are akin to tiny hoses. The attack |
| Diet, often called "SAD", is designed to limit the fat we | | | | occurs when a gallstone gets into the tract and gets |
| take in. The problem is the vast majority of people do | | | | stuck or passes through slowly. It is much like a kidney |
| not follow the guidelines. From processed foods to | | | | stone, but can't be broken down with ultrasound. |
| fast food, we inhale huge amounts of fat and the liver | | | | Surgery is often the answer. |
| has to do a lot more work than it was really intended | | | | The second type of pain grows over time. It is known |
| to. | | | | as chronic. The gallbladder becomes diseased and |
| All of this leads to a lot of stress on the gallbladder. | | | | inflamed. You start getting pain in the ribs and behind |
| Since it is a repository for bile made from the liver, it | | | | your shoulder blade on the right hand side of your |
| can end up being stressed. One of the big things that | | | | body. Eventually, the pain starts manifesting in the front. |
| happens is it can get clogged with cholesterol. This | | | | It often does this as a point of discomfort just below |
| results in one of two things or both. The first is to | | | | and to the right of the heart. Again, surgery is usually |
| create a sludge build up in your gallbladder. Yes, like | | | | the primary choice of treatment. |
| when oil builds up in a car engine. The second is to | | | | So, what surgical intervention is done? It is usually the |
| create gallstones. These can be tiny or the diameter | | | | extraction of the gallbladder in a laproscopic procedure. |
| of a quarter. They are not bad for you in and of | | | | Yes, you do not need your gallbladder to live. The bile |
| themselves, but they can be a real problem if they get | | | | produced from the liver is just rerouted directly into the |
| into the wrong passage ways. This leads us to the | | | | intestines. |
| concept of pain. | | | | |