The gallbladder is not an indispensable organ in the human body, so when we need to remove it due to gallstones or gallbladder polyps, don’t panic and don’t feel bad about it. We know that many higher animals, like horses, deer, elephants, whales, etc., are born without gallbladder, can they not live the same? The gallbladder, a flexible pear-shaped pouch structure located behind the liver under the right rib cage, has the function of concentrating and storing bile. Therefore, the gallbladder is not useless to the human body, but because of disease, it loses its role to the human body and becomes a burden to the human body, which is harmful to health if not removed. When inflammation and stones appear in the gallbladder, the wall of the gallbladder becomes inflamed and edematous, and the long-term stimulation of stones causes fibrosis of the gallbladder wall, and the function of concentrating bile is weakened or disappeared. The presence of infection and stones also reduces the ability of the gallbladder to store bile, and even causes purulent bile to form, causing damage to the body. Since the normal contractile and storage functions of the gallbladder have also disappeared,
Such a gallbladder will not only fail to perform its proper function, but will also cause pain and discomfort in the right upper abdomen, as well as the risk of cancer due to the long-term stimulation of large stones and chronic inflammation. In such a case, what is the point of keeping the gallbladder if it is still there? Removing the gallbladder would eliminate the resulting discomfort and risk of cancer. This is a very wise choice and will not cause any adverse effects on the body as a result. Even if it does, it is much less harmful than continuing to keep the gallbladder. There is no doctor or patient who does not understand the lesser of two evils. After the gallbladder is cut, the extrahepatic bile ducts will expand and will partially replace the function of the gallbladder, and the symptoms of food and secretion asynchrony will disappear after six months and a year through dietary adjustment. Some people will have mild diarrhea for a short time after gallbladder removal, but they can slowly compensate for the missing function of gallbladder through secretion of liver and expansion of common bile duct, and most of the diarrhea can be weakened or disappeared in a few months after surgery, so that they can resume their normal life.