GallBladder Stone (Cholelithiasis)
Your gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ under your liver. It stores bile, a fluid made by your liver to digest fat. As your stomach and intestines digest food, your gallbladder releases bile through a tube called the common bile duct. The duct connects your gallbladder and liver to your small intestine. Your gallbladder is most likely to give you trouble if something blocks the flow of bile through the bile ducts. That is usually a gallstone. Gallstones form when substances in bile harden. Gallstone attacks usually happen after you eat. Signs of a gallstone attack may include nausea, vomiting, or pain in the abdomen, back, or just under the right arm. In most cases the levels of cholesterol in bile become too high and the excess cholesterol forms into stones.
Gary S. Sy, M.D.
Diplomate in Geriatric Medicine
Integrative Health & Medicine
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Clinic details:
The Life Extension
Center for Health & Wellness
3rd Floor of Bell-Kenz Tower
127 Malakas Street
Central Diliman, Quezon City
(at the back of Philippine Heart Center).
Contact numbers:
(02) 8911-13-14
(02) 8400-42-05
Cellular phone # 0917-5777675
Clinic Hours:
Monday to Saturday
9:00am to 5:00pm
Consultation strictly by appointment only.