What are symptoms of gallbladder problems

[davidinalameda]

I think I may have had a gallbladder attack, my sister who's a nurse thinks so

[Floogeldy]

1. What exactly is a gallblatter?

:shrug:

[spacelady]

2. clay colored poo

[hickman1937]

3. This is giong to get locked,

but a friend of mine had extreme pain just under his breast bone, and in his back. DU does not give medical advise. Contact your doctor.

[davidinalameda]

4. I did

it's nice to get practical advice from people who have actually gone through this

[pscot]

5. I don't think you die of gall blatter attacks

If you load up on scrambled eggs or fried liver and onions it may cause a sharp pain on the right side below the rib-cage. A couple days of shredded wheat and skim milk, or rye-crackers and dried fruit and you'll be fine. You know you should lay off that greasy shit anyway.

[barb162]

9. actually you can die of a diseased gall bladder especially if it goes

necrotic.

[Lorien]

11. True

and the pain will be almost unbearable before that happens.

[barb162]

15. I just visited a friend in the hospital where some of the gall bladder

tissue had turned necrotic as he was suffering alone like hell for three days. He ended up being in the hospital for over a week as they tried getting his infection controlled. Then he was in a rehab place next to the hospital for another week trying to get his muscle strength back.

[BikeWriter]

14. Excuse me? You "don't think" people die of gall bladder attacks?

They can die a painful death from infection. Please, let's leave the serious ailments to the professionals with diplomas. They make enough mistakes as it is.

[Lorien]

6. INTENSE pain in the right side of your abdomen

under the ribcage, to the side of the stomach (under the liver)radiating into your back. Sometimes accompanied by nausea.

I had two last year and couldn't afford the surgery, so I tried a treatment that my mom's roommate recommended (it's gross but it works)!Drink 1/4 cup of virgin olive oil mixed with 1/4 cup of lemon juice every 15 minutes until 2 cups are consumed.I'll try to find a link (it's an old chinese remedy). The surgery was $25,000, BTW. Glad I found a way to avoid it!

[pscot]

7. Rye crackers and dried fruit

is an old Norwegian remedy, and a whole lot more palatable than olive oil and lemon juice. Two cups!! You'll shit green for a week.

[Lorien]

10. Tried the crackers,

and the fruit (didn't help-I was in bad shape). It turns out that the recommended dosage of the olive oil is less than that. Regardless-IT'S TRULY VILE-but it cures what ails you!

I'd try the crackers first, then the olive oil if that doesn't work. Avoid fried foods, meats and nuts.

[Lorien]

8. Found the link:

http://www.sensiblehealth.com/gallbladder.html

it requires less of the olive oil than I thought. I did it twice because my attack was so acute. YUCK!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

12. Please see a doctor.

You can die from gallbladder disease.

[barb162]

17. Yes, my mother died from complications of it

I want to scare this poster into seeing a doc ASAP. It is nothing to fool with

[barb162]

13. please go to a doctor. Everyone I know who has had a gall

bladder attack or attacks ends up getting them removed. They all describe it the same way and that is really intense abdominal pain, where you can't even get up. The women will say it is worse than having a baby. This tends to run in my family although I have never had a problem. There can be so many really bad complications from this I really want you to see a MD fast

[Rufus T. Firefly]

16. My pain was centered right below my ribcage

and it hurt a little at night and got worse and worse until it was all day and excruciating. It was infected and had to come out.

[Southsideirish]

18. My mom had a "bad" gallbladder for years and never had the surgery. I

often wondered it it was the source of her digestive system cancer that stuck like 40 years later.

[barb162]

21. my mom got cancer from hers and died

It's funny how an organ that we don't need can kill

[BikeWriter]

19. Please see a doctor. Gallbladder trouble is a serious ailment...

Mine would be out right now if it had not been so soon after a heart attack. As it was it took a week in hospital to get the infection down.

[NoSheep]

20. My friend had her's removed 2 yrs ago at 37 yrs of age.

If you aren't presently prepared to go see a doctor, PM me with your symptoms and I'll email her and have her respond. She's the only person I know who has suffered from this. Let me know if need be.:shrug:

[davidinalameda]

22. I know it's not gallbladder now

and yes, I'm going to see my doctor on Monday