Can anyone tell me the symptoms of gallstones?

by Symptom Advice on May 4, 2011

Terrific pain, with nausea and sickness.

Pain in right upper quandrant that radiates to the back. Nausea and sickness, pain that feels like you could be having a heart attack, it's not it's something called biliary colic and it is horrendous.

There are lots of symptoms and some people get all of them others get some. I am two weeks post op having had my gallbladder removed and the relief is immense.

I don't wish symptomatic gallbladder disease on anyone and so if you do think you may have gallstones please go and see your Dr asap. I had gallstone induced pancreatitis in December that put me in hospital, I then had cholecystitis (gallbladder infection) in January and was in hospital for a further 8 days. I couldn't wait to get my gallbladder removed and would have the same operation 1000 times rather than go through the pain and suffering I did.

See your GP and go from there :-)

Mine come with occasional heartburn, but most often it hits me when I'm laying down, out of the blue I start feeling real nauseated, it usually only lasts for a minute or two then it's gone. It's not so much painful as it is uncomfortable, the feeling of sickness, nausea, blah!

Every time you eat anything fatty you will get a severe pain in your back. you will probably feel sick as well. if you have these symptoms please consult your doctor asap.

Pain located in the upper right quadrant that is usually associated with right shoulder pain. It usually worsens following meals, especially those containing high amounts of fats (fried foods, cheeses etc.) Antacids usually do not lessen the pain. Nausea and vomiting are common

yes terrific pain in stomach and nausea

Ok I had gallstones and I had key holes surgery to remove the gallbladder.

The gallbladder is situated just below the liver on the right side of your body just under the ribs. the pain of gallbladder trouble comes on in spasms and is very severe and colicky because a stone oftens gets trapped in the bile duct. It becomes so severe you are double and bent over with pain. you will also be very sick and nauseated. my gallbladder was so full of stones it was ready to burst. you will also feel very tender and sore below your ribs.

I had my gallbladder out when I was 21 years old. Ugh, the attacks were horrible!!

I started noticing that whenever I ate something really greasy or spicy I would get this horrible pain under the right side of my ribcage. It didn't happen immediately, but about 2 to 12 hours later. It would last for a day, and nothing I did would make the pain lessen.

This happened the first time after I ate pizza when I was about 5 months pregnant. I got this pain, and it was so bad that I threw up. I didn't think anything about it at the time, thought the baby didn't like Pizza Hut.

The next time it happened, my son was about 18 months old. I had eaten a chicken burrito from Taco Bell. It was so bad this time (and I had just graduated from college in nursing) that I knew what it was and had my friend take me to the emergency room. I had pain under my rib cage across my entire belly, down the right side of my chest from my shoulder to the end of my rib cage, and down both sides of my back.

The doctor in the ER knew what I was having, and gave me pain medication. They did an ultrasound of my gallbladder, and, sure enough, there were the stones.

I had my gallbladder removed in 1995 and it's a wonderful life.

Gallbladder attacks can be in many varying degrees, don't think that you don't have them because you only have a little heartburn. keep track of what you ate before the attack. Write it down. Take it to the doctor with you and let them be the judge.

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