What are gallbladder symptoms? Do you have to have severe stomach pain to need to have it out?!


Question: What are gallbladder symptoms.? Do you have to have severe stomach pain to need to have it out.?
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Hi Lisa

It's possible that this is a gallbladder attack. You might consider this a signal from your body that it's time to make some lifestyle changes.

If you see a doctor and find out that you have gallstones chances are you do not have to rush into surgery. Don't believe it when a doctor tells you that you don't really need your gallbladder. While it's possible to live without one, the gallbladder performs an important function in your gastrointestinal tract and many people who have theirs removed, find that they are still having symptoms.

Some suggestions:

Read, read, read. (I hope my links are helpful)

Get an opinion from a holistic MD.

Eliminate sugar from your diet including fruit juice, soda and all sweetened products. Sugar contributes to gallstone formation. High blood sugar, as in diabetes, may also predispose you to gallstones.

Start taking vitamin C and magnesium. Both have been shown to prevent and possibly to treat gallstones. Lecithin is another nutrient that may be protective.

Consider taking one of the drugs that dissolves gallstones over a period of time rather than gallbladder removal.

Investigate gallstone flushes using epsom salts, lemon juice, malic acid (from apples) and olive oil.

Discontinue oral contraceptives or estrogen replacement, as this is known to contribute to gallstone formation in many cases.

Lose weight slowly by increasing the good foods like green leafy vegetables. A diet high in vegetables is known to be preventive and should help in recovery. Being obese increases gallstone formation.

Don't skip breakfast or starve yourself. Lowfat dieting and skipping meals contributes to gallstone formation and impaired gallbladder emptying. Your gallbladder relies on fat in the diet to signal it to empty.

Start an exercise program.

Make sure you get enough Vitamin D from sunshine and supplements year round because it helps the body deal with inflammation among other things and gallstone formation interferes with absorption of Vitamin D.

also, getting enough Vitamin D prevents excess PTH. Hyperparathyroidism may contribute to gallstone formation.

Hope this helps some!

Good luck to you!Health Question & Answer

Sharp pains in your upper belly after you've eaten a meal with high fat content. It depends on the severity of the inflammation and the risk to your general health that surgery would entail.
You should be examined by your doctor. He/she can determine what's causing the pain. Your symptoms don't add up to gallstones or a gall bladder inflammation but you give very little information as to your general health before this, your age, your surgical history, your weight all of which need to be factored in. That's why you need a doctor to correlate all that and come up with a diagnosis.Health Question & Answer



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