The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ under the liver. It stores bile, a fluid the liver makes to digest fat. As the stomach and intestines digest food, the gallbladder releases bile through the common bile duct, the tube linking the gallbladder and liver to the small intestine.
What goes wrong
Most gallbladder trouble starts when something blocks the flow of bile through the bile ducts — usually a gallstone. Gallstones form when substances in bile harden. Rarely, cancer develops in the gallbladder.
Treatment
Many gallbladder problems get better once the gallbladder is removed. You can live without one: bile has other ways to reach the small intestine.
Sources
- MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine, "Gallbladder Diseases." https://medlineplus.gov/gallbladderdiseases.html
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