CARE OF THE BODY’S INDIVIDUAL PARTS: GALL BLADDER

by admin on March 12th, 2009. Filed under General health

The gall bladder is a side pocket in the channel through which the bile flows from the liver into the intestine; it acts as a storage place for the bile, and aids digestion whenever fatty food is eaten.

There is nothing you need to do about the everyday care of your gall bladder except to keep your weight normal. Obesity probably increases the tendency towards gall bladder disease. Women who have had several children are more likely to suffer from gallstones; in general, after the fortieth birthday, about twice as many women as men have this problem. Once stones have formed, they cannot be dissolved; sometimes, they pass spontaneously into the intestines. However, your doctor has ways of stimulating the flow of bile and of decreasing the infection in the gall bladder; these measures may conceivably reduce the formation of additional stones.

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