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Bookmark or Share- Gallstones - NIDDKGallstones are hard, pebble-like pieces of material, usually made of cholesterol or bilirubin, that develop in your gallbladder. When gallstones block your bile ducts, they can cause sudden pain, which means you need medical attention right away. If left untreated, they can cause complications.
- Gallstones | Johns Hopkins MedicineWhat are gallstones? Gallstones form when bile stored in the gallbladder hardens into stone-like material. Too much cholesterol, bile salts, or bilirubin (bile pigment) can cause gallstones. When gallstones are present in the gallbladder itself, it is called cholelithiasis.
- Gallstones (Cholelithiasis): Symptoms, Causes & TreatmentGallstones (cholelithiasis) are hardened pieces of bile that form in your gallbladder or bile ducts. They’re common, especially in women and people assigned female at birth. Gallstones don’t always cause problems, but they can if they get stuck in your biliary tract and block your bile flow.
- Symptoms & Causes of Gallstones - NIDDKWhat causes gallstones? Gallstones may form if bile contains too much cholesterol, too much bilirubin, or not enough bile salts. Researchers do not fully understand why these changes in bile occur. Gallstones also may form if the gallbladder does not empty completely or often enough.
- Gallstones (Cholelithiasis): Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments - WebMDGallstones are pieces of solid material that form in your gallbladder, a small organ under your liver. If you have gallstones, you might hear your doctor say you have cholelithiasis. Your...
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