Transference is when one part of the body is inflamed but you may feel the pain above or below the affected area. When gallbladder disease is present, the bile in the gallbladder thickens. It starts out as sludge and graduates to gallstones. These stones and sludge are from cholesterol and bile salts. The result of the disease is inflammation or stones.
Gallbladder attacks happen because the sludge or stone has lodged itself in the common bile duct.
As a result, the pain in the right upper side of the abdomen, or severe chest pain may be mistaken for a heart attack or severe indigestion may mimic the presence of gastric ulcers. If this duct becomes blocked for too long, a condition called jaundice, a yellowing of the skin caused by accumulation of bile in the blood, may occur. Age over 40, 3. Gender-females are more likely to develop gallbladder disease than men, 4. Poor diets that are high in fats, 5.Obese patients and 6.