What can cause a gallbladder to go bad?

No one really knows: The majority of patients that develop complications related to gallbladder disease have assoc gallstones. No one knows why some people develop stones while others don't, although there are factors that increase the risk:family hx, female(esp, if fertile, forty, fair , fat), blood diseases(sickle cell, spherocytosis, hemolytic anemia), gastric bypass/weight change.A greasy diet can stim an attack.

Stones: Gallbladders can go bad if they are brought up in a broken home with bad parents. Seriously, gallstones are typically the cause for inflammation of the gallbladder. The stones may however be there without problem for years, and what triggers them to cause a problem one day versus another is unknown.

Stones: Gallstone can cause sever inflamations and obstruction of the bile flow from the gallbladder into the duct. Due to high lipid level.