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WHAT ARE GALLSTONES?  

Gallstones are made of cholesterol and salts that form in the gallbladder, a little pear-shaped organ underneath the liver that stores bile. 

Bile ducts are the tiny tubes that carry bile — a liquid that helps the body digest fats — from the liver to the gallbladder and then into the digestive system.

While you can live with gallstones with no symptoms, if they start to block the gallbladder they cause pain and nausea and a potentially fatal infection.

They can also stop the flow of bile out of the gallbladder and liver, so it backs up - causing jaundice.

While gallstones are common, a fatty diet can raise the risk, especially in women, although it's not clear why. 

Minati Mondal, 51, had a staggering 11,950 gallstones (pictured) removed in an hour long operation - possibly setting a new world record

These are balls made of cholesterol and salts that form in the gallbladder, a little pear-shaped organ underneath the liver that stores bile.

But they did not expect to find such a huge number of stones.

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