THE GALLBLADDER: The storage sac for bile, is sitting in the right upper abdomen beneath the liver. Bile is a digestive fluid produced in the liver. Before taking a meal gallbladder is full of bile, giving it a pear shaped appearance. After a meal it gets emptied giving a deflated balloon appearance.
Conditions of the Gallbladder:
1• Gallbladder stones
2• Inflammation of the Gallbladder
3• Gallbladder cancer
Symptoms:
All the above conditions can give the same symptoms:
1• Pain
2• Nausea
3• Vomiting
4• Fever
Although Gallbladder cancer is rare, it is usually found at late stages when symptoms appear.
ULTRASOUND is the best test to see gallstones and gallbladder wall.