Allied Digestive Health

Home   >   Conditions & Diseases   >  Gallstones

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

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 liquidā€”called bileā€”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 tubeā€”called the common bile ductā€”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

Ā© Allied Digestive Health. All Rights Reserved.

Appointment Locations