Hi does anyone have strange symptoms with there gallstones like bloated cant take deep breaths or breath through your tummy. Week knees throat and neck tightNess. Tingling feeling. Please tell me all your symptoms
Mabyn thanks 😣
Breathing difficulties are common with gallstones. I was so bloated at times it felt as if my stomach was about to burst- also very common.
Mine started with tiredness, loss of appetite and a general feeling of being unwell but I couldn't work out what was wrong.
I had some diarrhoea which happened almost immediately after eating. I had nausea but wasn't sick. Just thought I must have had food poisoning.
Then the pains started, in my case centrally, sometimes lasting 3-4 days at a time. As I said the pressure in my stomach was awful.
Last October I developed jaundice. I had dark urine, pale stools, itching and my skin and whites of my eyes were yellow. I passed out. I was in danger of septic shock and was hospitalised for a week.
The pain became more right sided and I got pain in my right shoulder as time went on.
Had open surgery in February 2017.
Sorry should have mentioned shivering and cold sweats that occurred just before I developed jaundice.
Bloated feeling. Intense abdominal pain(thought it was an ulcer at first). Change of color in urine and stool. And finally jaundice.
It was the jaundice that sent me to the hospital. I was just going to suffer through it and pop some Omeprazole or something, but then I turned yellow.
This all set in on a Monday evening directly(5 minutes) after eating dinner. Pain was temporarily relieved enough to sleep Monday night, stayed in bed with waves of pain on Tuesday, sucked it up and went to work on Wednesday. My coworkers informed of my jaundice so I went directly to the hospital. Following a 2 nights in the hospital, a CT scan, an ultrasound and 6 blood panels I had my Gallbladder removed today(Friday).
I'm sitting in my hospital bed as I type, eagerly awaiting my release tomorrow. Best of luck to you.
Prior to attack: bloating and tightening of the waistband with cold hands and feet. Then severe constant knawing in upper middle and right abdomen for 6-12 hours. Unable to find a comfortable position, no energy to talk, needing to lay completely still for the duration and it would hurt when I breathed in. Not able to eat for 24 hours after otherwise it would flare up again. Occasional vomiting and dark urine. Tramadol was the only thing that helped relieve the pain at times. Mine was because of biliary colic due to gallstones. I wouldn't wish this on anyone, it was torture. I hope to get sorted out very soon indeed