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Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, a small organ near the liver that plays a part in digesting food. Normally, fluid called bile passes out of the gallbladder on its way to the small intestine. If the flow of bile is blocked, it builds up inside the gallbladder, causing swelling, pain, and possible infection.
Picture of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small pouch that sits just under the liver. The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver. After meals, the gallbladder is empty and flat, like a deflated balloon.Before a meal, the gallbladder may be full of bile and about the size of a small pear.owever, if one of the bile ducts Â­â the tubes that transport bile from the liver to the gallbladder and also from the gallbladder to the digestive tract â gets blocked with sludge or gallstones or is infected or inflamed, the person can experience pain. The conditions that are associated with gallbladder pain are: