POV: They Found This in You

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]This is the giant gallstone that was removed from my gallbladder.

[00:00:04]Like it's like a legitimate rock. That's an inch.

[00:00:08]We're about a 9 g for the big guy. Like popcorn kernels. I was not expecting to be that solid.

[00:00:14]>> Yep, all human bodies make genuine actual stones and one in five of us adults have one right now. We may not even know about it. So, how do these even form? I'm Dr. Samit. Let's look at the facts. See, 90% of gallstones are cholesterol stones and because cholesterol that's in human tissues cannot be fully broken down, it actually needs to be changed into [music] other forms or excreted in the feces to be able to avoid harmful accumulation within the body. One of the ways that this happens is the liver secreting that cholesterol into the bile where there can be a high cholesterol concentration and those fusing together to form cholesterol crystals, which over time can become bigger stones. Now, many of these gallstones don't cause any issues.

[00:00:57]They just sit in the gallbladder as the forbidden kernels that they are happily until they get too big and then they can cause pain particularly after eating a fatty meal or potentially infections, especially if they get lodged in the wrong places. So, the best way to get rid of them is just removing the gallbladder altogether. Have you had them? Let us know.