How does the gallbladder hurt?

The gallbladder is a pouchabout the size of a thumb. He is in the lower thorax, on the right. From the liver into the cavity of the gallbladder, oily bile continuously flows. There, it accumulates and concentrates. The gallbladder transmits it after the person has eaten, into the duodenum. There it serves to improve the assimilation of food fats. Can the gallbladder be ill? Maybe in different ways.

For example, the most common causethe appearance of pain in the region of the right hypochondrium usually serve as stones. And if you find them in the gallbladder, it will be a rather unpleasant discovery. In this case, you may face an operation to remove the gallbladder.

Pain in the gallbladder - stones

Stones in the cavity of the gallbladder are formed fromhardening bile. This is due to cholesterol, which is found in the bile. With dehydration and a strong concentration of bile, it first begins to precipitate. Stones are harmless, as long as they lie motionless in the cavity of the gallbladder. But when they move, problems begin. They can clog the bile duct leading to the small intestine. In this case, pushing the stone through the duct is the reason why the gallbladder hurts. This pain can last up to several hours. If you have gallstones in your gallbladder, you should think about the methods of dissolving them, provided that you do not have diabetes.

Diseases that cause pain in the area of the gallbladder

The most common diseases, accompanied by pain in the gallbladder, are:

Cholecystitis is chronic or acute. For him, typical aching or, sometimes, manifested pain in the area of the gallbladder. Or pain arising within about three hours after ingesting a large amount of food, often greasy and fried. Pain can be given in the region of the right scapula, shoulder and neck. There may be sensations of metallic taste or bitterness in the mouth, eructations, flatulence, nausea, alternation of diarrhea and constipation, as well as insomnia and irritability. Jaundice in such cases is not typical.
Cholelithiasis,
Dyskinesia of bile ducts is a violationfunctions of contraction of the gallbladder. This disease causes pain in the area of the gallbladder such as biliary colic. Often this can be combined with a violation of emptying the cavity of the gallbladder. The disease can be associated with the dysfunction of the sphincter of Oddi, which regulates the flow of juices and bile into the duodenum. Or it can be a form of dysfunction.
- The onset of hyperkinetic dysfunctionThe gallbladder can be characterized by the following features, as the gallbladder is aching. With this disease, periodically there are severe colicky pains in the region of the right hypochondrium. The pain can pass into the shoulder, to the right scapula, to the left part of the thorax. Pain often occurs suddenly, repeatedly repeated, can be accompanied by vomiting, a feeling of nausea, a violation of bowel function, occasionally there is a headache, palpitation, sweating. However, the inflammatory process in blood tests is usually absent.
- With hypokinetic dysfunction in the patientthere is a constant dull pain in the right hypochondrium. Clear localization is not present. There is a feeling of bursting. These symptoms intensify to a large extent, with emotional stress, less often with eating. The patient is troubled by eructations, bitter taste in the mouth, bloating, poor appetite, constipation.
Malformations may develop completely asymptomatically or be accompanied by pain in the gallbladder of different frequency, duration and intensity.
Damage to the gallbladder as a result of trauma is
- open,
- closed.
Exchange of diseases of the gallbladder:
- cholesterosis,
- cholelithiasis.
Cholesterol is clinically stableblunt aching pain in the right hypochondrium. They are strengthened by fast walking, shaking, tilting the body forward, while carrying the weight in the right hand.
Parasites can be the cause of the disease, because of which the gallbladder hurts. Treatment in this case, the doctor appoints on the basis of the results of laboratory studies.
Tumors. Enough intense pain, jaundice, body weight loss, anemia, increasing weakness, ascites give rise to a suspicion of gall bladder cancer.