signs and symptoms if you have gallstones?
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['Sudden and rapidly intensifying pain in the upper right portion of your abdomen.', 'Sudden and rapidly intensifying pain in the center of your abdomen, just below your breastbone.', 'Back pain between your shoulder blades.', 'Pain in your right shoulder.', 'Nausea or vomiting.']
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The most common symptom is abdominal pain -- if it is severe or lasts more than several hours, call your doctor. You may also have nausea, vomiting, fever, tea-colored urine, and light-colored stools. The stones often move on their own, but you might need surgery if they don't.
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['pain in your abdomen lasting several hours.', 'nausea and vomiting.', 'fever—even a low-grade fever—or chills.', 'yellowish color of your skin or whites of your eyes, called jaundice.', 'tea-colored urine and light-colored stools.']
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Eating tends to aggravate the symptoms, but burping, bad breath, and consistent fatigue also make the list of tell tale signs. Gallbladder Disease – when your bile duct is blocked by gallstones or just inflamed and irritated, burping after a meal is a common side effect.
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Gallstones can cause sudden, severe abdominal pain that usually lasts 1 to 5 hours, although it can sometimes last just a few minutes. The pain can be felt: in the centre of your abdomen (tummy) just under the ribs on your right-hand side – it may spread from here to your side or shoulder blade.
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Dyspeptic symptoms of indigestion, belching, bloating, abdominal discomfort, heartburn and specific food intolerance are common in persons with gallstones, but are probably unrelated to the stones themselves and frequently persist after surgery.
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['Severe and sudden pain in the upper right abdomen and possibly extending to the upper back.', 'Fever and shivering.', 'Severe nausea and vomiting.', 'Jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes)', 'Clay colored stools or dark urine.']
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Retained stone in a bile duct. In some cases, a gallstone will remain in your common bile duct after gallbladder surgery. This can block the flow of bile into your small intestine and result in pain, fever, nausea, vomiting, bloating, and jaundice soon after surgery.
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Infection. Some people develop a wound or internal infection after a gallbladder removal. Signs of a possible infection include increasing pain, swelling or redness, and pus leaking from a wound. See your GP if you develop these symptoms, as you may need a short course of antibiotics.
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Nausea and vomiting are common symptoms of all types of gallbladder problems. However, only chronic gallbladder disease may cause digestive problems, such as acid reflux and gas.
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['diarrhea.', 'cramps.', 'abdominal pain.', 'gallstones.', 'nausea.', 'kidney issues.']
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But sometimes, untreated gallstones can lead to more serious problems, like: Cholecystitis -- an inflamed gallbladder. Pancreatitis -- an inflamed pancreas. Cholangitis -- inflamed bile ducts.
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Gallbladder problems are diagnosed through various tests. These may include: Liver tests, which are blood tests that can show evidence of gallbladder disease. A check of the blood's amylase or lipase levels to look for inflammation of the pancreas.
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Gallbladder attacks may last for one or several hours, and stop when the gallstone moves. Symptoms of gallstones include: Pain in the right shoulder. Pain in the central abdomen or upper right portion of the abdomen lasting at least 30 minutes.
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You can get jaundice if a gallstone passes out of the gallbladder into the bile duct and blocks the flow of bile. Symptoms of jaundice include: yellowing of the skin and eyes.
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Gallstones can block the tubes (ducts) through which bile flows from your gallbladder or liver to your small intestine. Severe pain, jaundice and bile duct infection can result. Blockage of the pancreatic duct.
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['Liver tests, which are blood tests that can show evidence of gallbladder disease.', "A check of the blood's amylase or lipase levels to look for inflammation of the pancreas. ... ", 'A complete blood count (CBC), which looks at levels of different types of blood cells such as white blood cells.']