is important to recognize because surgery to remove the gallstones is unlikely to relieve the symptoms. When gallstones lodge suddenly in the duct leading from the gallbladder (cystic duct), the duct leading from the liver to the cystic duct (common hepatic duct), or the duct leading from t...
Gallstone Symptoms You can have gallstones and not know it. Symptoms typically happen only when one or more gallstones get stuck and block the flow of bile from your gallbladder to your small intestine (where your food goes right after it leaves your stomach). This is called a gallbladder...
Small gallstones can leave the gallbladder and its draining ducts, then pass out of the body through the intestines.Gallstones can cause symptoms if they become caught in the narrow outlet of the gallbladder, or in the ducts that drain the gallbladder. After meals, especially meals high in...
Gallbladder cancer is rare and hard to diagnose. More often than not, you won’t have symptoms until the cancer has spread. Signs may include abdominal pain, especially on the upper right side, as well as weight loss, jaundice, and belly bloating. A family history of gallstones; being ol...
Generally gallstones pain arises in the topmost right belly due to absorption of food which is highly fatty in nature such as fried foods. The other symptoms are vomit, belch, nausea, change of urine colour, acidity problem. The pain will not be frequent at the earlier stage but as soon ...
Gall Stones:The condition in which gall stones are present in the gall bladder is known as cholelithiasis. Gall stones are usually silent they are asymptomatic for years, and do not require any treatment. However, if the stones continue to grow in size, symptoms are bound to dev...
Gallstones are small stones made up of cholesterol, calcium deposits and other minerals. They can form in the gallbladder as a response to chronic inflammation, caused by a number of risk factors. (1) When something isn’t quite right, gallbladder symptoms may arise. Gallbladder treatment ...
It is estimated that up to 80% of people who carry stones in their gallbladder have no symptoms, no pain, and no knowledge of their condition. Such stones are referred to as silent stones. They may be accidentally picked up by ultrasound scan during investigation of the abdomen for other ...
The main cause associated with biliary colic is the presence of Gallstones. Gallstones are the common problem associated with the gallbladder. The condition is either silent with no symptoms or has severe pain. The gallstones are crystals that are made of cholesterol in your body. It is eithe...
Biliary colic is a sensation of abdominal pain that occurs when something (usually a gallstone) temporarily blocks the ducts leaving the gallbladder.