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Symptoms. Gallstones may cause no signs or symptoms. If a gallstone lodges in a duct and causes a blockage, the resulting signs and symptoms may include: Sudden and rapidly intensifying pain in the upper right portion of your abdomen. Sudden and rapidly intensifying pain in the center of your abdomen, just below your breastbone.
Your doctor will determine if treatment for gallstones is indicated based on your symptoms and the results of diagnostic testing. Your doctor may recommend that you be alert for symptoms of gallstone complications, such as intensifying pain in your upper right abdomen.
Pancreatitis caused by gallstones. Gallstones are a common cause of pancreatitis. Gallstones, produced in the gallbladder, can slip out of the gallbladder and block the bile duct, stopping pancreatic enzymes from traveling to the small intestine and forcing them back into the pancreas.
Symptoms. Gallbladder cancer may have no symptoms. When there are signs and symptoms, they may include: Belly pain, mostly in the upper right part of the belly. Belly bloating. A mass you can feel through the skin. Losing weight without trying. Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, called jaundice.
A gallbladder cleanse — also called a gallbladder flush or a liver flush — is an alternative remedy for ridding the body of gallstones. However, there's no reliable evidence that a gallbladder cleanse is useful in preventing or treating gallstones or any other disease.
Your health care team may recommend a cholecystectomy if you have: Gallstones in the gallbladder that are causing symptoms, called cholelithiasis. Gallstones in the bile duct, called choledocholithiasis. Gallbladder inflammation, called cholecystitis. Large gallbladder polyps, which can turn cancerous.
Although it affects both sexes, primary biliary cholangitis mostly affects women. It's considered an autoimmune disease, which means your body's immune system is mistakenly attacking healthy cells and tissue.
If your gallstones aren't causing any symptoms, you do not need treatment. Your doctor may simply recommend staying alert for symptoms of complications. If you have one gallbladder attack, however, you're likely to have another one.
You could have gallstones. "Typically, symptoms of gallbladder-related pain is pain associated with meals. Usually after you eat meals with fatty foods," says Dr. Jorge. He says there are several reasons why your gallbladder can form gallstones. The most common cause is what you eat.
NAFLD often has no symptoms. When it does, they may include: Fatigue. Not feeling well, or malaise. Pain or discomfort in the upper right belly area. Possible symptoms of NASH and cirrhosis, or severe scarring, include: Itchy skin. Abdominal swelling, also called ascites (uh-SY-teez). Shortness of breath. Swelling of the legs.