What is the bile/gallbladder?

The gallbladder has one purpose only, to store bile, which helps digest fats in the small intestine. But bile can become concentrated and thicken.

Eventually, bile salts can combine with cholesterol to form stones, gallstones are composed of a combination of crystallized cholesterol deposits or calcium crystals ionized with bilrubin. These stones can block the flow of bile from the gallbladder, this is typically manifested as pain in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen.

Gallstone pancreatitis is caused when a migrating gallstone obstructs the ampulla of vater...