10 Gallstones Symptoms
9. Intolerance to Fatty Foods
The gallbladder plays an important role in fat absorption. After a meal, the gallbladder is going to contract to release bile into the duodenum to aid the process of food breakdown and absorption. If there are stones in the bladder, they can become trapped during the normal contraction of the bladder after a meal, causing the usual pain described as biliary colic.
Patients with gallstones are prone to developing more symptoms after eating foods that are rich in fat. Therefore, they tend to avoid high-fat foods in order to prevent abdominal pain and other symptoms related to cholelithiasis.
Advertisement
