Oct 23, 2024 · Learn the causes, symptoms, complications and treatment of gallbladder inflammation.

Nov 11, 2024 · If you’re nauseated and in pain, it may not be a stomach bug. Learn what cholecystitis is, what it has to do with the gallbladder, and how it is treated.

Your gallbladder sends bile to your small intestine after you eat to help digest fats. It sends and receives bile through tiny pipelines called bile ducts. An infection or obstruction in your gallbladder or the bile …

What Happens When You Have an Infected Gallbladder? Symptoms of cholecystitis (inflamed or infected gallbladder) include severe pain in the upper right abdomen, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, …

Gallbladder disease includes inflammation, infection, stones or blockage of the gallbladder.

Cholecystitis is the most common problem resulting from gallbladder stones. It usually occurs when a stone blocks the cystic duct, which carries bile out from the gallbladder to the GI tract. Cholecystitis is …

Calculous cholecystitis develops when the main opening to the gallbladder, the cystic duct, gets blocked by a gallstone or a substance known as biliary sludge. Biliary sludge is a mixture of bile, a liquid …

Jul 22, 2025 · Acute cholecystitis occurs when bile becomes trapped in the gallbladder. This often happens because a gallstone blocks the cystic duct, the tube through which bile travels into and out …

Doctors define cholecystitis as an inflamed gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small organ below the liver. It stores bile, a liquid that helps to break down fat. When the gallbladder opening gets blocked, bile …

Sep 28, 2025 · Gallstones—the result of an imbalance of bile and cholesterol—are the most common cause of gallbladder disease. Surgery is often an effective treatment for severe gallbladder disease, …