Common gallbladder attack symptoms

Most of us don’t give our gallbladder much thought. It’s a small organ that collects and moves the bile in our intestines. It’s just not the kind of stuff most of us would want to dwell on except when we get gallbladder attack symptoms.

Unlike the unassuming organ, gallbladder attack symptoms catch attention quickly. Symptoms may include pain under the ribcage, nausea, vomiting, gas, pain in the area of the right side near the ribcage, and the area near the right side of the stomach.

For some individuals during the gallbladder attack symptoms in these areas the pain can be so bad that it doubles them over or makes standing upright very difficult.

For some there’s a sharp pain in the right shoulder blade during gallbladder attack symptoms a sharp pain right between shoulder blades or in the stomach itself. When diagnosis is made doctors will have to eliminate other issues since gallbladder attack symptoms are very similar to the problems experienced by someone having issues with the liver, pancreas, stomach and of course the symptoms in some people might seem like appendicitis.

Foods to avoid while having gallbladder attack symptoms

Some believe that it’s best to avoid certain foods. When having gallbladder attack symptoms such as eggs, pork, onion, fowl, milk, coffee, grapefruit, oranges, corn, beans, nuts, and alcohol shouldn’t be eaten. It’s also known that some foods can bring relief from gallbladder attack symptoms such as cucumbers or cucumber juice and teas containing flax seed.

Gallbladder attack symptoms usually come from either an infected or backed-up gall bladder or stones. The gallbladder’s job is to move bile composed of a mixture which includes cholesterol, bilrubin and calcium. When this mixture isn’t of the right consistency it can harden and form hard little ‘stones’ and as gallbladder attack symptoms these stones grow, they can become hard to pass through or can even block the bile ducts.

Gallbladder attack symptoms can escalate until the bile backs up into the liver causing a yellow coloring in the skin and the whites of the eye known as jaundice. A doctor can diagnosis the gallbladder attack symptoms and decide whether gallstones are to blame. If no other remedy works then the gallbladder can be removed with relatively less complications after the surgery.