What are the symptoms?
It is a common diagnosis and sometimes it is symptomatic, and in some clinical cases it is completely asymptomatic. During symptoms, as a rule, the surgeon makes the decision to remove the gallbladder.
In the case of gallstones, the patient may feel pain in the upper right part of the abdomen or in the center of the abdomen. Sometimes the pain arises against the background of eating fatty food, and the symptom then disappears by itself. However, pain can develop at any time - usually the discomfort lasts for several hours, but the pain is perceived as acute.
Treatment of gallstones is necessary, because in untreated cases the symptoms are much more severe:
- High fever;
- Accelerated heartbeat;
- Jaundice;
- Skin itching;
- Diarrhea;
- Trembling;
- Confusion;
- Loss of apetite.
These symptoms may indicate a gallbladder infection, inflammation of the gallbladder, liver, or pancreas.
Often, the symptoms of gallstones are similar to symptoms of more serious conditions (appendicitis and pancreatitis), therefore, for correct diagnosis and timely treatment, the patient should be placed in the emergency department of the clinic.
According to surgeons, statistically, 80% of people with gallstones have "silent stones", meaning no pain or other symptoms.
Often, a person does not even have an idea about the presence of stones and learns from a doctor during a routine examination or an X-ray study performed for a completely different reason.
Source:
https://www.healthline.com/health/gallstones#What-are-gallstones
