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50-year-old Kim Soon-ja. Suddenly, unbearable abdominal pain struck. The pain was severe.

It felt like the pain of giving birth.

An emergency surgery was decided.

The diagnosis was acute cholecystitis.

In cases of severe cholecystitis, surgery to remove the gallbladder is necessary.

What problems were there with the gallbladder?

The cause of the pain revealed itself.

Is this also a stone? Yes, these are all stones. There are very large stones, medium-sized stones, and many small stones about 2mm in size.

These are the gallstones that were in Kim Soon-ja's gallbladder.

Since the patient is relatively young and symptoms can recur,

the most definitive treatment, which is to completely remove the stones, is gallbladder surgery, so the decision for surgery is much more beneficial for the patient.

It was a huge shock to know I had stones, and when I saw them, it was truly shocking.

So how do ordinary people live with such stones? It was a truly amazing experience.

A few days later, Kim Soon-ja visited the outpatient clinic. How have you been? Going down to 12 designated...

The gallbladder was removed, but she quickly regained her daily life. The pain completely disappeared after the surgery.

It is a gallstone that filled the gallbladder.

Why do gallstones form?

The liver has a long pouch-shaped gallbladder attached to it,

which is an organ that stores bile produced in the liver.

When food enters the duodenum, it releases bile to help digest fats.

Bile is composed of cholesterol, fatty acids, and bile salts.

When there is a change in these components, bile secretion becomes stagnant, and a mass forms that resembles a stone, which is called a gallstone.

What caused gallstones to form in Kim Soon-ja? This is cholesterol gallstone.

The higher the cholesterol concentration in the body, the greater the risk of developing gallstones.

If it happens, it will be secreted from the liver as bile.

The amount of cholesterol increases, and the substance secreted in the gallbladder, which is mucus, becomes more abundant compared to the average person, leading to the formation of cholesterol gallstones.

Gallstones are classified into cholesterol gallstones and pigment gallstones based on their composition.

The oily mass that melts when heated is cholesterol gallstones, which account for 80% of gallstone disease.

Brown gallstones mainly occur in people infected with parasites or bacteria.

Black gallstones are often found in diseases that destroy red blood cells, such as anemia or cirrhosis.

In the past, before calcification, most gallstones in our country during the 1970s and 1980s were pigment stones.

Gradually, calcification is increasing, and cholesterol levels are rising, especially among young people in their 20s and 30s, where the increase in cholesterol is happening very rapidly.

As the number of patients with hyperlipidemia and obesity increases, the number of gallstone disease patients has also significantly risen over the past five years.

Now, gallstone disease is a common illness affecting 1 in 10 adults.