how do you know if you should get your gall bladder removed..what are signs that occur and lead to removal?

Answer 1

PAIN - Gall bladder pain will mimic a heart attack pain. At times it is excruciating. All you need to do is eat fatty foods and if you go into a painful scenerio right after you got gall bladder problems.

For me all I had to do was drink a glass of milk or eat some cheese and I was dying...

For others it may be animals fats that do it like bacon or pepperoni.

What ever the case is the Pain is not something you pass off as heartburn.

I had mine out and it was the best thing I ever did !!!

Jerry

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Answer 2

Cholecystitis is a condition that can warrant excision (cholecystectomy). The symptoms are pain in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen especially at night after eating a fatty meal, nausea, vomiting, belching and flatulence (gas). You may exhibit a positive Murphy's sign: You are asked to inhale while the examiner's fingers are hooked under the border of the liver at the bottom of the rib cage (upper right quadrant). You will feel pain when the gall bladder drops down against the examiner's fingers. Now, gallstones do not always warrant removal of the gall bladder. They can be treated differently.

Only your health care provider can evaluate you, diagnose you and determine if cholecystectomy is an appropriate course of action for you. You can live quite well without a gall bladder.

Answer 3

Intense pain in the upper abdominal area, especially after eating greasy foods, is usually the first sign of gall bladder problems. Your doctor may attempt to control the problem with a diet, but if the problem persists you'll probably have to have it removed. The surgery is a lot less invasive than it was several years ago. It is now done with a laproscope with an average hospital stay of one day post-op and minimal scarring.

Answer 4

The pain is excruciating. You will have stones and they block the tube that produces bile which causes the sharp pain. Usually an ultrasound may show the stones but sometimes they have to go in by scope and look and see in your stomach if there is blockage. The procedure for removal of gall stones (well your whole gallbladder actually!) is usually laproscopic and day surgery nowadays...nothing but a couple of tiny scars on your stomach.

Answer 5

Pain in the right upper abdomen, under or below the rib cage. Is the biggest sign. Your doctor will do an ultrasound to check for gallstones and any blockage. If they don't see anything, they will then do a HIDA Scan to make sure your gallbladder is functioning properly. If you have stones, blockage, or it's not functioning, you will then have it removed.

Answer 6

of course the doctor want to remove it, but i would check with a neuropathic dr. and he'll give you a recipe for a liver cleanse.....olive oil etc... I believe you can avoid the operation.

Answer 7

http://www.gallbladderattack.com/

There is a self quiz on here and while a self quiz should never replace a Doctor, it might give you some insight