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What effect would removing the gall bladder have on the functioning of the digestive system?

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  1. none really... less bile would be avaliable for use


  2. Presumably, it would make it a little bit less efficient.  Ordinarily, the gall bladder stores the bile salts made by the liver, and it releases them to the duodenum when fats are present.  If the gall bladder is removed, the bile salts are continually released, not just in response to a specific stimulus  Thus, when fats are present, there may not be as much of the bile salts to emulsify it as usual, making the process a bit less efficient.  However, missing a gall bladder is not fatal - I know, because I had to have mine removed!

  3. It will cause problems with the bowels sorry but you ask for most part anyone who has it removed have horrible diarrhea problems some can't even finish a meal without going to the restroom and have problems if they are no close to a rest room because it is semi not controllable when they have to go that's it and even once they remove the gall bladder the body still produces gall stones which can pass through you system or they can lodge in the small intestines and create a huge problem and a worse one if they lodge close to where the small intestine attaches to the pancreas trust me i have this problem and it isn't good. I don't know if there is any other factors but these are the ones i know people are having after the removal of the gall bladder other than the blockage i have from the stone. Good Luck and i hope if you have it done it will help oh and by the way I was in alot of pain and they said that my gall bladder wasn't working at all and took it out guess what i still have the same episodes of pain go figure they say it is common to still have pain after it's gone.  

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