anyone know of any symptoms of gall bladder problems?

Answer 1

yes i had to have mine taken out. but there are different symtoms in different people. I had really bad cramps that made me double over and couldn't stand up. they would come and go. thought it was my apendex at first. ran all kinds of test nothing so they took it out and there was somthing wrong with it. my grandma she had gallstones and there were certian things she couldn't eat or drink. like she couldn't eat lettuce or drink water and she would get the gallbladder atackes

Answer 2

You will be troubled with right-side flank pain (just under your right breast on the lower-edge of your rib-cage...and diarrhea more often than not. The gall-bladder is located just under and behind your inner liver-lobe (the liver has two lobes...the larger lobe located on the right-side of your body under the lower rib-cage...and the smaller inner-lobe, located deeper within towards the center of your body/rib-cage. I hope that this helps a little.

Answer 3

Gall bladder disease includes inflammation, infection, stones, or obstruction of the gallbladder.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top

The gallbladder is a sac located under the liver. It stores and concentrates bile produced in the liver. Bile aids in the digestion of fats, and is released from the gallbladder into the upper small intestine (duodenum) in response to food (especially fats). Conditions which slow or obstruct the flow of bile out of the gallbladder result in gallbladder disease.

Types of gallbladder disease include:

* Cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder)
* Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

Symptoms Return to top

* Abdominal fullness or gas
* Abdominal pain that is:
o Severe
o Located on the right side (right upper quadrant) or in the upper middle of the abdomen (epigastric)
o Decreased over 12 to 18 hours in uncomplicated cases
o Recurrent or similar to pain in past
o Occuring after meals
o Worse during deep intake of breath
o Radiating to back or below the right shoulder blade
o Worse after eating or drinking fatty foods or fluids
* Fever
* Nausea and vomiting
* Heartburn
* Chills and shaking
* Chest pain under the breastbone

Signs and tests Return to top

Examination of the abdomen by touch (palpation) may reveal tenderness.

Tests that detect the presence of gallstones or inflammation include:

* Abdominal ultrasound
* Abdominal CT scan
* Abdominal x-ray
* Gall bladder radionuclide scan
* A CBC shows infection by an elevated white blood cell count

This disease may also alter the results of the following tests:

* Lipase
* Amylase
* Amylase, urine
* Chemistry panel (chem-20)

Treatment Return to top

Treatment depends on the specific type of gallbladder disease.

Expectations (prognosis) Return to top

See the specific type of gallbladder disease.

Complications Return to top

See the specific type of gallbladder disease.

Calling your health care provider Return to top

Call your provider if you develop symptoms of gallbladder disease.

Prevention Return to top

In most cases, prevention is not possible. Weight reduction, and reducing intake of fatty foods, may reduce symptoms in people with gallbladder disease. Use of the medicine ursodiol may shrink gallstones, but it is used only in special cases.

Update Date: 5/4/2006

Answer 4

my wife was treated for hartburn for years at the doctor and hospital until someone finally ran test for gall bladder. 4 doctors 3 hospitals later that gallbladder was expensive hartburn. get tested....

Answer 5

Generally a fair fatty fertile febrile female of forty having a history of jaundice comes with pain in upper right abdomen and vomits.

Answer 6

a pain on the right side below the breast area, nausea, lol, man Piglet you a Harvard medical school grad