Indigestion Could Mean You Have an Unhappy Gallbladder

Unfortunately, maybe people don’t learn until it’s too late that they have gallbladder trouble. They end up having an unnecessary surgery.

If you catch the warning signs early you can avoid having your gallbladder surgically removed.

Your gallbladder is a pear shaped pouch situated just under the liver. The function of this tiny organ is to store bile salts produced in the liver so they can be used in digestion.

These salts break down cholesterol and fatty acids and help you absorb the very important fat-soluble vitamins: A, E, D and K.

Dr. Marina Rose, in Los Altos, CA focuses on helping  people with a variety of digestive symptoms including those caused by a sluggish gallbladder

Gallbladder dysfunction can result in gallstones, but the absence of gallstones does NOT mean everything is ok. Common symptoms include:

• Nausea
• Pain on right side of rib cage
• Gas
• Upper abdominal pain
• Excessive burping
• pain in the back of the right shoulder

These symptoms can be triggered by fatty, fried foods but for some people even eating an apple or drinking a glass of water can trigger nausea or stomach upset. A variety of other symptoms can occur from the associated malabsorption such as: dry skin, high cholesterol, hormone imbalances and mood problems.

While surgery is still the most common treatment in conventional medicine, according to Dr. Mark Hyman gallbladder surgery is often unnecessary and for many it does not stop the symptoms. There are now well established alternatives to help with both your gallbladder symptoms and the underlying cause.

Dr. Rose,DC uses chiropractic care and a Functional Nutrition approach to identify the specific approach that will get you the fastest results. She tells her patients to expect relief in 2 weeks, although frequently they feel better within a few days.

To get started in understanding what your underlying nutrition imbalance might be, click here to take Dr. Rose’s Nutrition Profile Quiz