Thinking gall bladder contd.?

Question

Hey everybody, i went to the doctor Friday and he said that I have the classic symptoms of gall bladder problems, and I'm going for an ultrasound on Monday....

let you know what happens....

1/29/07

Ok, so I had the ultrasound done this morning and the tech said she didn't see any gallstones, so what now? she said I may need an upper GI to determine if I have an ulcer or Hiatal hernia......

What is going on here? Any one else experience this?

Symptoms of my “Episodes”

The following happens between 1-2 hours after a meal and can last anywhere from 6 hours to 4 days.

Severe abdominal pain in URQ (upper right quadrant) under ribcage that will radiate to my back. This pain doesn’t come and go, it is constant and steady

This area feels like it is swollen

This area is EXTREMLY tender to touch

It hurts to bend over to far

I feel like something is getting “squished”
under my ribs; can’t slouch , I have to sit up straight.

It hurts to breathe deeply

Nausea
Bloating
Belching
Full feeling (like when you eat o much)
“Burning” type pain in my sternum

My only remedy is Tylenol PM and soaking in a hot tub 1-4 times

Answer 1

It could be gastroparesis. My wife had symptoms of gastroparesis that turned out to be gallbladder so I don't why the same couldn't hold true for the reverse.

Answer 2

Yes, gallbladder and hiatal hernia have very similar symptoms. The ulcer also, but a little different. So here goes........Do you have alot of gas,belch alot and loudly,have pain in your upper abdomen that feels better after belching,have heartburn, get pain after eating spicy foods? These are symptoms of GERDS or Acid Reflux Disease, these are also symptoms of Hiatal Hernia. Hiatal hernia is usually at the top of the stomach, there is a flap there that goes up and down when needed to keep acids and digestive juices down in the stomach and not up in the esophagaus causing heartburn and belching etc. Now, ulcers too have these symptoms and can be triggered by foods, stress. Stress causes you to process more acids causing the pain etc. So probably what is gonna happen, they are going to have you drink this real yukky stuff(it's like real thick chalk),while that stuff is going down through your system, they are going to be taking pictures of you and noting where the chalk might leak out, or get stopped by something etc. Then, you will have the correct diagnosis instead of "it could be this, it could be that". Good luck in your journey.

Answer 3

i'm an intern at a general surgeon's office and i see these problems all day.

in your case when i read that it wasn't gall stones, i thought that it might be gerds or a hiatal hernia.. though those don't come with constant pain.

i think you need your gall bladder taken out, my best bet would be that your gall bladder is inflammed and is producing too much bile. once your pain starts radiating to your back and right shoulder.. that would be classic of a gallbladder. see a general surgeon.

Answer 4

when my gall bladder went south, that's how my symptoms were. i did not realize that until looking back. it got to where i was vomiting 15 to 20 times a day. a thick bitter subsatnce. the ultra sound did not show anything neither did a x ray. i think whta showed it was called a hiat scan. by then functioning was down to 35%. took out gall bladder ok now

Answer 5

Well i do not know what is your health problem but i been trough gallbaddler stones and they were very painful i had to had removed my gallbladder not to long ago and the pain is gone.

Answer 6

You can have GB problems without there being stones.

The classic GB patient- female, forty, fair skin, four pregnancies, and flatulent (or fat).