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Gallstones
Care Centers that treat this condition
- Advanced Gastroenterology Associates
- Atlantic Coast Gastroenterology Associates
- Gastroenterologists of Ocean County
- Middlesex Monmouth Gastroenterology
- Monmouth Gastroenterology
- Red Bank Gastroenterology Associates
- Shore Gastroenterology Associates
- Gyan Gastroenterology LLC
- Steven H. Krawet, MD
- Associated Gastroenterology of Central New Jersey
- Hamilton Gastroenterology Group
- Gastroenterology Group of Northern New Jersey
- Coastal Gastroenterology Associates
- Jersey Shore Gastroenterology
- Princeton Gastroenterology Associates
- Gastroenterology Medical Associates
- Chul S. Hyun, MD
- Yuri Volk, MD
- North Shore Gastroenterology Associates
- Jan J. Shim, MD
- Satya P. Kastuar, MD
- Digestive Disease Center of NJ
- Cape Atlantic Gastroenterolgy Associates
- Windsor Center for Digestive Health
- Gastrointestinal Care of Long Island
- Hudson County Gastroenterology
- GI Services
- Long Island Gastroenterology Specialists
- All Island Gastroenterology & Liver Associates
- Riverdale Gastroenterology & Liver Disease
- Digestive Disease Associates of Rockland
- Brooklyn Gastroenterology & Endoscopy
Gallstones are small, pebble-like substances that develop in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped sac located below your liver in the right upper abdomen. Gallstones form when liquid stored in the gallbladder hardens into pieces of stone-like material. The liquid—called bile—helps the body digest fats. Bile is made in the liver and then stored in the gallbladder until the body needs it. The gallbladder contracts and pushes the bile into a tube—called the common bile duct—that carries it to the small intestine, where it helps with digestion.
For more information, visit: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/gallstones
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