India, Sept. 2 -- Is it just heartburn, or is your gallbladder secretly staging a coup? In this week's HT Health Talk - the reader-centric initiative by Hindustan Times - we tapped Dr Anupama N K, senior consultant, medical gastroenterology, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, to clear up the confusion around gallstones, digestion, and life post-surgery. Also read | What happens when the gallbladder is removed? Physician Dr Kunal Sood explains

While acid reflux brings that familiar chest burn, a true gallbladder attack hits with severe, persistent pain in the upper right abdomen- often radiating straight to your right shoulder after a heavy meal.

The good news? Having gallstones doesn't mean an emergency surgery is in your future; asymptomat...