Will the removal of the gallbladder affect digestion?

In the human body, the stomach and the bile are connected, and the bile serves the stomach. When there are substances in the stomach that need to be broken down by bile (oil, high protein, etc.), the bile secretes bile, and the secreted bile flows into the stomach to participate in the stomach’s digestive work. In turn, the abnormal secretion of bile will also affect the digestion of the stomach, which will naturally produce uncomfortable symptoms over time. The main function of the gallbladder is to store bile. After eating, the gallbladder contracts and the stored bile is discharged into the duodenum to help digestion and absorption of food. So, once the gallbladder is removed due to gallbladder lesions, will it affect the digestive function and health of the body? In fact, although this concern is somewhat justified, it is not entirely correct. Scientific experimental research shows that after gallbladder removal, the patient’s original symptoms disappear immediately, and although the function of concentrating and storing bile in the gallbladder is lost, the wall of the bile duct will thicken and the mucus glands of the bile duct will increase, and the bile duct will often discharge bile into the duodenum to compensate for the loss of the function of storing concentrated bile in the gallbladder, and at the same time, it will not affect the digestion and absorption of fat. absorption. Therefore, the digestive and absorption functions of patients after cholecystectomy are not very different from those of normal people, and will not bring adverse effects on health and digestion and absorption. Of course, the recovery of the body after surgery should be a process, the intake of animal fat and eggs should not be too much, and the fat content in food should be gradually increased, so that the body has a gradual adaptation process. It is not necessary to avoid eating meat and oil after full recovery from surgery. If the body consumes too little fat, it is not beneficial to the body, but rather detrimental to human health.