Fall Festivities and Feasts: Is Your Gallbladder Trying to Tell You Something? | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Fairs, festivals, football games and family gatherings are synonymous with fall. Food plays a major part in all of these activities, so your gallbladder does, too.

Justin Vaughan, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Ï㽶ֱ²¥) said if you’ve ever felt intermittent pain in your upper right abdomen after eating a second deep-fried Twinkie or an extra spicy chili cheese dog, you may need to be more aware of this small but mighty organ.

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