Question

A person got his gall bladder removed as he had gall stones. How will this affect digestion? What kind of food should he refrain from eating?​

Answer 1

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Gall bladder :

• The gall bladder is a small sac like structure that stores and concentrates the bile juice produced by the liver.
• Bile juice is the digestive juice secreted by the liver.

Role of bile juice :

• Although it does not contain any digestive enzymes, it plays an important role in the digestion of fats.
• Bile juice has bile pigments such as bilirubin and biliverdin. These pigments break down large fat globules into smaller globules so that the pancreatic enzymes can easily act on them.
• The process is known as emulsification of fats.
• So, the chief function of bile juice is to emulsify fat into small globules, so that it can be absorbed easily.

Removal of gall bladder will cause :

• If the gall bladder is removed from human body then it will become difficult for the body to digest fat.
• Therefore, the patient A, may feel difficulty in digesting fats and lipids containing food items such as oily food, meat and junk foods.