Is this a gallbladder problem?
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Is this a gallbladder problem?
| Sat, 03-10-2007 - 8:09pm |
Is this a gallbladder problem?
Here is a list of a painful experience that happens to me every so often for about the past 8 years.
- A sudden, extreme pain that is in the upper part of my stomach right under my bottom rib (the pain comes on with no notice)
- Occurs mainly in the evening
- Pain radiates to my right shoulder
- I begin having small little belches.
- My stomach feels very big and extended during the pain.
- I must curl up into the fetal position to relieve the pain.
- Lasts anywhere to a few minutes - to a couple hours - sometimes I just have to curl up in bed and call it a night, the pain is gone by morning.
I have noticed that I have had fewer of these attacks since I have stopped taking birth control.
I saw a gastroentologist about this 5 years ago. He just suggested it was indigestion. He said the testing would be very expensive to see if it was anything else, and I did not have the greatest health insurance coverage.
A friend at the gym just recently suggested to me it sounded like a gallbladder problem. My doctors have never suggested this.




Glad you found us Megan!
What you described could be gallbladder related, but I am surprised that no doctor has taken your complaint more seriously in all these years. Here is some excellent info about gallbladder and related topics; see if any of it fits your symptoms...
http://digestive.health.ivillage.com/liverpancreasbiliary/cholecystitis.cfm

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