Guide To Treating And Preventing Acute Cholecystitis

Eat Smaller Meals

An individual affected by acute cholecystitis may be advised to eat multiple smaller meals during the day rather than three large meals. When an individual consumes food, it is digested by the acids in the stomach and then moves into the small intestine. Once food has reached the small intestine, the gallbladder contracts to squeeze bile into the small intestine. Bile helps the small intestine break down fats in the food. A larger meal with greater fat content causes the production of more bile that will be drained into the small intestine to help with the digestion of fats. A gallbladder that has been damaged due to a recent acute episode of inflammation may be unable to return to its full functionality right away after the infection has been cleared. While the gallbladder tissues are healing, it may be best for an individual to spread the workload for their gallbladder out over several meals instead of expecting it to provide larger amounts of bile less frequently.