Gallbladder Research Paper

The liver is located under the diaphragm in the upper right side of your abdominal cavity. It has many important jobs including digestive processes. It also carries out many metabolic and regulatory functions in the body and is also responsible for producing bile to breakdown fats in the food we eat. The gallbladder is similar to a small storage sac, it helps the liver to store bile. The liver and gallbladder connect by the common bile duct. Many disease states can affect these two closely related organs including cirrhosis, cholecystitis and gallstones. These diseases decrease the function of the liver and gallbladder. If not diagnosed and treated liver occurs. Gallbladder disease most often leads to removal of the gallbladder.

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Liver Disease
Cirrhosis and Gallbladder
The liver, the body’s largest internal organ, is located under your rib cage on the right side of the abdominal cavity. It weighs around three pounds and is shaped similar to a half of a football. …show more content…
The causes of cholestasis can be divided into different groups, those originating within the liver and those originating outside of the liver. Causes originating in the liver include acute hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, drugs, cancer and cirrhosis due to hepatitis. Causes originating outside the liver include a stone in a bile duct or an inflammation of the pancreas (Mohamed and Solan, 2015).
Cholestasis causes the skin to appear yellow, a condition called jaundice. It also causes irritation of the skin, irregular colored urine, and stools may become foul smelling or have a lighter color. The skin may become dirty looking due to long standing jaundice. Some patients may also have a lack of bile in their intestine, this may cause calcium and vitamin D to be poorly absorbed by the body. The long term affects for these patients include a loss of bone tissue and a tendency to bleed easily (Mohamed and Solan,