my wife has been in pain since may this year, in bouts, i cant figure out any pattern apart from when its really really bad , it seems to be around 3.00 in the morning on the weekend.not necessarily after shes been drinking! she gets doubled up pain shooting from just below her right side ribcage to the right side
when admitted her blood pressure was up, she had blood in her urine when tested. the centre of her tummy under her ribcage went hard and bloated for a while.
she has had several scans,no gallstones or sludge showing .a hida scan showed her gallbladder was working slowly.
she is in hospital now and on 20 of morphene and tramadol every 3/4 hours and her pain level varies from 8 to 6 out of 10 depnding on whether shes just had a dose or not. she is still not out of pain at any time .
unusual thing to me seems that she is in more pain when she breathes out (does that mean only the edge of her ribcage is pressing on something ?-if so what)
anyone got experience of this ?
2007-09-25 10:56:47 · 4 answers · asked by grrrzippy 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
forgot to add her white bloodcell count was up when she went in, seems to have gone down as shes on antibiotics too.
2007-09-25 11:36:13 · update #1
if the doctor say's so then yes she should i had mine out in april this year i was in pain like your wife,it's the best thing i done ,you don't need your gallbladder they do keyhole surgery you can go home the same day it take's about 2 weeks to get back to nomal i.e work and don't worry she will be fine
2007-09-25 12:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by marzypan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not the one to say IF your wife needs her gallbladder removed, trust the doctors, I had my gallbladder removed 20 years ago, went this month, for a hernia repair, around my gallbladder scar, went back to the doctor in a week, for a checkup, and have now been diagnosed with "Cirrhosis of the liver".
Your liver is supposedly about the size of a football. The doctor doing the hernia repair, was also the doctor who removed my gallbladder. He didn't like the way my liver looked, when he started the hernia repair, so he went ahead and did a liver biopsy while he had me open for hernia repair.
2007-09-25 11:13:37 · answer #2 · answered by Grannydebbie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like cholecystitis.......very painful. She'll need to modify her eating and lifestyle habits or she'll have to have the gallbladder removed.
2007-09-25 11:05:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no Doc but it could be her liver. I'm sure the doc's will look at that...
2007-09-25 23:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋