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Cholecystitis

 

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gall bladder, and it occurs when bile crystallises and forms gall stones The gall bladder is a small, organ that stores bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver. If gall stones block the bile duct, the bile is unable to move into the small intestine, causing it to become enlarged and inflamed (red and swollen).

 

Symptoms of cholecystits  include sharp pains in the right upper area of the abdomen, nausea, indegestion and high temperature

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