Objective To study the relationship between the bacterial spectrum difference of gallbladder mucosa and choledochus bile and clinical prognosis of gallstone pancreatitis.
It is most likely that cholesterol and bile acid hyposecretion make the AKR strain susceptible to the development of fatty livers and resistant to gallstone formation.
Since they're made partly of calcium, they'll usually be radiopaque, meaning you can see them on x-ray, here's an example showing pigmented gallstones on x-ray.
Risk factors for developing gallstones include things like female sex, obesity, pregnancy, and age, sometimes remembered by the 4 F's—female, fat, fertile, and forty.
With gallstones what happens is that they sometimes get lodged at the sphincter of Oddi which blocks the release of pancreatic juices, which is pretty similar to the alcohol-induced protein plug.
Stones is for calcium-based kidney stones or gallstones that can form, thrones refers to the toilet to remind you of the polyuria or frequent urination that results from impaired sodium and water reabsorption.
If the other organ is the small intestine, then this is called a cholecystoenteric fistula, and the fistula becomes a direct route for gallstones to enter the bowel.