What do you know about your Gall Bladder? Written by Dr Harold Gunatillake-FRCS, FIACS, FISC, AM(Sing), MB,BS   A few decades back gall bladder disease was common, we used to say, among the-“Fat, forty, fertile females”. That was true when I was a medical student, when most fat ladies getting hospitalized for upper abdominal colicky pains and the first suspicion was GB disease. Today, the scenario has changed due to the more prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndromes, diabetes and fatty diets and all age groups in both sexes are shared, including young adults. It is rare in children. ...

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