What effect does cholecystectomy have on the body?

With the acceleration of the pace of life and the improvement of living standards, foods with high fat and high calorie are constantly appearing on the table, causing many people in modern times to suffer from obesity. Obesity is a very important risk factor for gallstones, and with irregular eating habits such as skipping breakfast, the incidence of gallstones is increasing year by year.

Once suffering from gallstones, many people expect conservative treatment and choose to "live with stones" until they have to choose surgery, fearing that cholecystectomy will affect their quality of life in the future. Then the question is, how much impact will cholecystectomy have on the human body?

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, gallbladder is one of the six internal organs of human body, and it is also a strange and constant organ. Besides storing and discharging bile, it also has the function of judging things and making decisions. People with insufficient bile will have some mental conditions such as timidity and insomnia. Therefore, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, gallbladder is an absolutely indispensable organ.

Modern medicine believes that gallbladder is just a storage organ, which is responsible for storing bile produced by the liver. When we eat, the gallbladder contracts to expel bile, which helps to digest lipids in food. Therefore, after cholecystectomy, it will not affect the production of bile. Bile produced by the liver directly enters the duodenum through the common bile duct and participates in food digestion. Generally speaking, cholecystectomy will not affect the human body in theory.