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Gallstones and Bile, Understanding the gallbladder and bile Bile is a fluid made in the liver. Bile contains various substances, including bile pigments...
Bile Acid Diarrhoea, Understanding the gallbladder and bile Liver function Bile is a fluid made in the liver. Bile...
Childhood Gastro-oesophageal Reflux, Synonyms: childhood GORD, GERD, reflux oesophagitis Definition Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is the non-forceful regurgita...
Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease, Abnormalities of the lower oesophageal sphincter may facilitate excessive reflux of gastric contents including acid and sometimes bile from the stomach into...
Bile Acid Malabsorption and Diarrhoea, What is bile acid malabsorption? Bile acids are synthesised in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. , Diarrhoea Irritable bow...
Patients treated with percutaneous or endoscopic drainage can develop intra-abdominal or percutaneous bleeding, sepsis, fistulae and bile leakage. Severe obstructions of bile duct...
Childhood Gastro-oesophageal Reflux, Who gets reflux? Gastro-oesophageal reflux is extremely common. Regurgitation of a small quantity of milk after a feed, without any o...
Acid Reflux and Oesophagitis (Heartburn), What are acid reflux and oesophagitis? What is acid reflux? ...
Indigestion and Acid Reflux in Pregnancy (Dyspepsia), Indigestion in pregnancy is commonly due to acid reflux. Acid reflux occurs when acid from the stomach leaks up into th...
Common Side-effects of Pregnancy (Morning Sickness, Acid Reflux, Constipation), See the separate leaflet called Morning Sickness in Pregnancy. Acid reflux in pregnancy Aci...
Reflux Oesophagitis, i also … Acid reflux / silent reflux so where do i even begin........ for the last year i have been unable to swallow food ive only been able to e...
Oesophageal reflux diet sheet, What is oesophageal reflux? Oesophageal reflux is also known as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) . It most commonly ...
They join together (like tributaries of a river) to form the larger common bile duct. Bile constantly drips down the tiny bile ducts, into the common bile duct, and...
Cholestasis can be due to a functional impairment of the hepatocytes in the secretion of bile and/or due to an obstruction at any level of the excretory pathway of bile, from the lev...
Conditions affecting the common bile duct The bile from all the tiny bile ducts in the liver drains into the common bile duct.
'Cholestasis' means there is a slowing down of the flow of bile down the bile ducts in the liver. This slowing of the flow of bile leads to a build-up of bile and so...
Stomach problems - for example: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) . This condition is acid reflux and oesophagitis. It also tends to cause pain at the top of the stomac...
Types of stone Bile contains cholesterol, bile pigments (from broken-down haemoglobin) and phospholipids. If the concentrations of these vary, different kinds of stones may be ...
It also receives bile from the gallbladder via the bile duct, and pancreatic enzymes made by cells in the pancreas via the pancreatic duct.
This empties the stored bile back into the common bile duct. The bile passes along the remainder of the common bile duct into your duodenum.