upper right abdominal pain after gallbladder removal can be due to surgical wound problems, postcholecystectomy syndrome, gallbladder bed injury, and other alternative causes such as IBS.
Go to the hospital for a gallbladder attack if it lasts for more than 6 hours or if you have severe vomiting, fever, severe tenderness over the right upper abdomen. Also, having dark urine or yellowish eye whites is a sign of complicated gallbladder stone.
problems after gallbladder removal can last for years. After removal, the persistence of gallbladder pain, diarrhea, bile reflux, and others are the main problems.
Gallbladder pain can come and go with complicated gallstones. However, the complicated gallstone pain becomes more frequent, more prolonged, and associated with other symptoms.
mimics of gallbladder pain include peptic ulcer disease, acute cholecystitis, liver pain, functional gallbladder disease, and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
Antacids and PPIs (as omeprazole) are medications that reduce stomach acid. Antacids and PPIs are not effective for gallbladder pain. However, they can help ease the gastric upset associated with gallbladder diseases.
Unusual gallbladder symptoms include isolated nausea, early satiety, bloating, fullness, isolated epigastric pain, intestinal obstruction, and heartburn.
