Ozempic® can cause gallbladder diseases, including gallstones and gallbladder inflammation. Gallbladder problems are rare — 0 ...

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The gallbladder is a small, grape sized, organ attached to the digestive tract. It secretes a fluid called bile into it in response to a meal. Bile emulsifies dietary fats by increasing their exposure ...

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Go ahead, name three organs... "Gallbladder" probably wasn't on that list at all—even though, you know, the word "gall" is in that headline up there. This organ in the upper-right part of your abdomen ...

In vertebrates, the gallbladder is a small hollow organ where bile is stored and concentrated before it is released into the small intestine. In humans, the pear-shaped gallbladder lies beneath the ...

In most people, gall bladders quietly go about their task of secreting bile into the small intestine to aid in digestion of fats. Sometimes, though, cholesterol in the gall bladder can form crystals ...

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Gallstones, common solid deposits in the gallbladder, often cause no symptoms but can lead to inflammation and, rarely, gallbladder cancer. Chronic inflammation from gallstones, especially larger ones ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband's doctor is telling him to have his gallbladder removed because sometimes he has pain in his right side. They did all kind of tests, but he has pain when he drives long ...

Hard, pebble-like gallstones may range in size from a grain of sand to a golf ball. A person could have one large gallstone or lots of smaller ones inside their gallbladder. Gallstones affect about 10 ...