The gallbladder is an organ that stores bile. This is a substance that helps with digestion. Deposits in bile can clump together, creating hard, pebble-like stones. Here is information on treatment choices.
Gallstones form when liquid stored in the gallbladder hardens into pieces of stone-like material. Stones in the gallbladder may or may not cause symptoms.
Gallstones are lumps of solid material in your gallbladder. They're formed when the digestive juice called bile gets hard like a stone. They can be as small as a grain of sand or as big as a golf ball. Your gallbladder may form one big stone, hundreds of tiny ones, or both sizes at the same time.
