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Gall stones?
Those who have had gall stones can you explain to me what an attack feels like? I've suspected i have gall stones for a little while. The last two nights have been awful, the pain was awful and the vomitting not fun.
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My pain was in my chest right round to my back, it got so bad i could hardly breath and called an ambulance.
I don't think i ever vomitted but it was extremely painful, i could barely move and bearthing was difficult, it was also a lot worse after a heavy oily meal.
If you suspect you have them go to your GP and ask for an ultrasound.
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I called my mum she wants to take me to the hospital. A friend who is a nurse is saying to go to the hospital too.
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It can't hurt, I went but they wouldn't do the ultrasound (after hrs) so I had to go to my gp then to the u/s place
Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!
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I first started to get them when I was pregnant with my DD1. I put it down to the aches & pains of pregnancy. I got them again when breastfeeding and put it down to that and then when she was 3 weeks old I put it down to a new nursing bra, though the pain didn't go away when I removed the bra.
A week later I had just finished snacking on some fetta & spinach parcels when I got a pain in my chest. I had a shower and it didn't go away. I thought I was having a heart attack as the pain in my chest and into my back was excruciating. I ended up in hospital vomiting and in absolute agony. It was the worst pain, much more painful than labour for me.
5 months later my gallbladder was finally removed.
Best to go to the Dr or hospital to have it checked over. My attacks didn't always happen from oily meals. I could have something like a paddle pop and it would set me off. I kept my fat intake down to under 15g a day which was the only thing that stopped the food induced attacks.
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very bad pain, located kind of under and inside where the sternum is ... hard to explain.
but very, very bad.
after the attack, sometimes I couldn't even keep down water, and I'd be shaky and sweating.
get thee to a Dr - they don't get any better, on the contrary, my attacks became more and more frequent until I got in for surgery to have my gall bladder removed.
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Don't go to the hospital. If it's a stone stuck in a duct they aren't going to do anything. You'll be stuck in a waiting room for hours until the pain goes away then they'll send you home.
You need to go to a dr and they will assess your symptoms and any good GP will be able to tell you on the spot if you have gall stones. They will immediately refer you for an ultrasound, which is the only way to confirm the diagnosis.
I don't think vomiting is common. If it's a stone stuck in a duct then it doesn't affect your stomach in any way.
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It does sound a little like it. I have had a few friends with it but have not personally. I would go to the hospital because it could be something else and it is best to check before self diagnosing. For example appendicitis also can cause severe pain and vomiting.
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My Dad had them last year..
the day he ended up in hospital, he was throwing up a lot (we thought it a virus at first), then he came and woke me and said he was having chest pain, so I called an ambulance.. He was taken to hospital where it ws diagnosed as gall stones.
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Described as the WORST PAIN EVER! It was worst then labour and I ended up in hospital many times because of it. :-(
Pain was like a vice squeezing around my chest and like really bad abdo cramps. I vomited a lot but that could of been because of the intensity of the pain! ahh did I mention the worst pain ever.
I went to the hospital, I was never left sitting in the wating room, I was put straight into bed and given some really good drugs ;-D They generally only hold you until the pains gone (The stone moves) and then refer you back to your Dr. So If the pain isn't that bad (I couldn't get up off the bathroom floor and needed an ambulance) I would just go to the Dr.
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a doctor once told me it was a bit like being in labour. i found the attacks worse. i usually end up curled in the fetal position, clutching a hot water bottle. i've thrown up a couple of times during an attack. after it goes i feel weak & absolutely exhausted - like i've run a marathon or something! the pain for me is always on my front, sort of around my tummy. i think the thing that made it worse than labour was that the pain is constant (well, it is for me). i would go to the GP & get yourself checked.
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I had a rainbow of pain stretching across my ribs. The pain was worse than labour and it made me vomit and shake. I was white as a ghost and sweaty. It can be triggered by pregnancy or after pregnancy. My first attack was when DS1 was 3 weeks old. I went from "feeling a bit off" to lying on the bathroom floor unable to get up in a space of about 5 minutes. Pretty scary. Thank God my mum was over and able to help with DS1.
I agree - see your GP. It isn't going to get better on its own.
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Like the others have said, it's extremely excruciating. I had my one massive stone for about 2 years before I was diagnosed. Apparently I was "too young and too thin" to have gall stones so none of the three different doctors I saw sent me for an ultrasound.
The pain can be very unlocalised and can be felt mostly under the bottom of your rib cage and radiates through to your back as well. The back pain had one doctor put me on anti-inflammatory tablets because he thought it was a back problem. Suffice to say the tablets did nothing besides totally space me out.
Once mine was found it still took a month (with private health insurance!) to have my gallbladder removed. I lost a significant amount of weight (of which I never had much to spare) because I just couldn't eat without having a pain attack.
I finally had surgery and they found one massive stone. My surgeon had me freaked out because he told me that my gallbladder looked different to any he had ever seen and sent it off for pathology testing (this coming from an older surgeon that had been doing this surgery daily for many many years!). Turns out the stone was completely blocking my cystic duct (causing additional pain) and part of my gallbladder had died and becoming swollen and necrotic. Lovely!
I then had stomach issues for about 2 years after the surgery while my body adjusted to not having a gallbladder.
Gallstones are certainly not fun times!
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Everyone has gall stones it's just a matter of if you are feeling symptoms. I had bad pain like a knife in my solar plexus going right through to my back. I did a parasite treatment with herbs from a herbalist and then did a liver cleanse to get the gall stones out. WOW did some stone come out!! I've since done it a few more times each time getting less and less out. Speak to a natroupath before you consider western medicine or surgery.
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Well its not gall stones......THANKFULLY!
But i do have GORD and have to see a specialist about the severity and talk about possibly having surgery as by the sounds of it i am on the severe side of it. I was given mylanta and a numbing agent which did nothing for my pain if anything it made it worse. He did think about gall bladder problems but with further testing it came back negative so we will see.
Fun times ahead!
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This is potentially problematic. The cleanses might work if you've got lots of small sludgey stones, but try doing with a big mother of a stone (that's too large to pass) and you're liable to send yourself to ER. Gallstones can cause infection/inflammation in the gallbladder and even liver, etc, so the problem is potentially much bigger than just the stones. Also, if the stones become lodged in the lower part of the duct you can develop much more severe pancreatic disease (that can kill you).
I'd say once you've got to the shaking-vomitting-sweating-unable-to-speak-coherently stage of gallbladder pain, it's time to get medical help.
ETA LMS I hope you get some answers (and soem relief) SOON!
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For those who have them, I have found artichoke oil capsules really helpful, particularly if I know I'm going to have a big meal or something oily like fish and chips.
HTH x
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Definitely the worst pain ever!!! My pain was exactly as MN has described.
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