Q-I’ve heard of kidney stones and gallbladder stones, but a friend of mine tells me he has stones in the glands that produce saliva. Is that possible? A-Stone formation does occur in the salivary ...

Gallbladder stones, prevalent in India (4.3%), exhibit various symptoms like biliary colic, nausea, vomiting, and jaundice, warranting urgent medical attention due to diverse complications and risks.

Gallbladder stones, or cholelithiasis, are small, hardened deposits that form inside the gallbladder, the small organ that stores bile to aid digestion. While often associated with diet or lifestyle, ...

The human body is known to produce stones in various locations, most commonly in the kidneys, the bladder, the gallbladder and the appendix. Many of these stones appear without any obvious reason.

Chemically, black pigment stones is the polymerized bilirubin with metals. Therefore, environments suitable for the formation of black pigment stones are conditions that allow chemical polymerization ...

According to autopsy studies of Egyptian and Chinese mummies, biliary stones have apparently troubled mankind for at least 40 centuries. The malady has not disappeared, but has continued to be a ...

(A) ABC transporters: The normal functioning of ABCG8/ABCG5, ABCB4, and ABCB11 enables the transport of cholesterol, bile acids, and lipids into bile (left). Mutations in any of these result in ...