Gallbladder ( Archived) (31)

Has anyone had any problems with their gallbladder and what are the symptoms?.. I think mine is jacked up..

burning pain in middle right back and sharp and burning pain going from back to right side of my stomach, the burning pain in the back is constant and the pain in my stomach is just below my rig cage. all on the right side. not like heart burn but am a bit gassy. kinda upset to my stomach and right side of my stomach feels swollen and tender to touch.the back pain has been going on since july off and on, just started the pain in my stomach 2 weeks ago. but last 2 days getting worse.

I had all the symptoms of what I thought was an impending heart attack for years, like my rib cage being squeezed or a sharp stabbing pain in my chest. Oddly enough, a glass of water would sort it but it frightened me at the time. (I was a smoker then!)

Anyhoos, I had heard somewhere that it could be my gallbladder so I went to the doc who sent me to hospital who put a scope down my throat.

Long story short....they found 4 small ulcers in my oesophegus (food pipe). Seems that unlike the stomach which has mucous to protect it from acid, the oesophegus doesn't. I was over producing acid which passed through the cardiac sphincter(valve at bottom of food pipe) and proceeded to burn me.

One small protium tablet before bed and no more problems. I can eat what I like and no more pain and resulting anxiety or fear of heart attacks.

I put myself through unnecessary pain and fear for years so go to the doc even if you have a brain like mine that tells you that this time it's terminal.

go to a doc now apart from the fact that the internet is not the place for this sort of advice you galbladder can kill you very quickly if left untreated

Go get it checked , like right now. It could also be your appendix which is in there somewhere. If one of these things burst, it could kill you. So go now.

I had gall stones which cause the gallbladder to inflame.

The pain has been described as "worse than childbirth". I think it might have been!

It feels like you're having a heart attack. You can hardly breathe and the pain goes right up to the right shoulder. Each attack lasted about 30 mins or so, and only occurred every few months.

The worst inflammation incident left me in hospital for four days on intensive antibiotic treatments. I was then booked in for surgery.

I had keyhole surgery. But if they had operated while it was inflamed I would have ended up with a very large scar.

So GO TO YOUR DOCTOR, get the scans you need and get it sorted. If it's not your gallbladder then it sounds like it is still something serious, and you need to get it checked out.

good luck!