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Biliary colic, also known as symptomatic cholelithiasis, a gallbladder attack or gallstone attack, is when a colic (sudden pain) occurs due to a gallstone temporarily blocking the cystic duct. [1] Typically, the pain is in the right upper part of the abdomen, and can be severe. [2] Pain usually lasts from 15 minutes to a few hours. [1]
Pain typically occurs suddenly and radiates to the right shoulder and back, depending on several factors, including specific diseases. It can either be constant or episodic and last from minutes to hours. This pain is described as biliary colic pain. Other common symptoms with gallbladder disease and biliary colic are nausea and vomiting.
If the patient stops breathing in (as the gallbladder is tender and, in moving downward, comes in contact with the examiner's fingers) and winces with a "catch" in breath, the test is considered positive. In order for the test to be considered negative, the same maneuver must not elicit pain when performed on the left side. [citation needed]
Nausea is common and vomiting occurs in 75% of people with cholecystitis. [14] In addition to abdominal pain, right shoulder pain can be present. [13] On physical examination, an inflamed gallbladder is almost always tender to the touch and palpable (~25-50% of cases) in the midclavicular right lower rib margin. [13] Additionally, a fever is ...
Cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) has a 99% chance of eliminating the recurrence of cholelithiasis. The lack of a gallbladder has no negative consequences in most people, however 10 to 15% of people develop postcholecystectomy syndrome, [45] which may cause nausea, indigestion, diarrhea, and episodes of abdominal pain. [46]
Kamath says it can cause intermittent chest pain or sharp, tearing chest pain that often radiates to the shoulders and the back. It more often happens to men between the ages of 60 and 80.
Lépine's sign is one of the medical signs of gallbladder disease. It is positive when effleurage (light percussion) with crooked third finger at the point of the gallbladder projection to anterior abdominal wall (Gallbladder point, which is present below right costal margin in mid clavicular line) elicits pain. It is not to be confused with ...
Nausea. Vomiting. Diarrhea. Constipation. Stomach pain. These gastrointestinal side effects tend to be more common during the first few weeks of treatment or while the patient adjusts to an ...