Its job is to store bile produced by the liver and secrete it whenever fat needs to be digested. A patient who has a gallbladder problem will often have fever, elevated liver enzymes, and some discomfort after eating. An ultrasound of the abdomen revealed signs of gallstones. Audrey Nevins, a surgeon, was called in for a consultation. She couldn't feel the stones, but that didn't mean Mr. Ervin didn't have them.
Gallstones can be difficult to detect because of their location behind the liver.
Problems in the gallbladder aren't associated with drops in blood count. A few ticks here and there. Some in Indiana, some in Colorado. The surgeon left the room and came to see me. In a large medical center, a case of fever of unknown origin would be handled by an infectious disease doctor, a superspecialist who knows the sexual habits of the tsetse fly and is intimate with disorders such as loa loa and looping disease.