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What is cholecystitis?

Cholecystitis is inflammation in your gallbladder. Your gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ tucked away under your liver in the upper right section of your abdomen. Your gallbladder’s job is to store bile – a fat-digesting fluid made by the liver – and to release it to your small intestine after you eat a meal. Cholecystitis usually develops when the bile gets trapped in your gallbladder and becomes infected with bacteria. Bile gets trapped when gallstones block the flow of bile out of your gallbladder.