MamasHealth.com Home Gall Bladder Disease Cholecystitis Diets and Gallstones Gall Bladder Cancer Gall Bladder Disease Gallstones Links Email Mama Help! Spouse was laid-off	What is Cholecystitis? Acute cholecystitis is a sudden inflammation of the gallbladder that causes severe abdominal pain. Call your health care provider if you think you have cholecystitis. If not treated properly complications will occur. What causes Cholecystitis? In about 90% cases, acute cholecystitis is caused by a gallstone obstructing a duct in the gallbladder. When a gallstone obstructs a duct in the gallbladder, bile becomes trapped in the gallbladder and causes infection. Other causes of cholecystitis are: alcohol abuse, severe illness, and tumors in the gallbladder. More information about gallstones. Symptoms of Cholecystitis? Unfortunately, symptoms may not appear for a number of years. When they do appear, the most common ones are: pain in the upper right portion of the abdomen (especially after a fatty mean) nausea fever loss of appetite jaundice chills How is Cholecystitis diagnosed? Your doctor will perform tests to determine if you have gallstones or inflammation. The most common tests are: abdominal ultrasound blood tests (looking for elevated white blood cells) abdominal CT scan abdominal X-ray Can Cholecystitis be Treated? Yes. Sometimes cholecystitis will go away without treatment. However, most times treatment is needed. Treatments may include: surgery to remove the gallbladder or draining the gallbladder. Draining is used in very ill patients. Complications of Cholecystitis? If not treated properly or soon, complications may develop. Common complications of cholecystitis are: pus in the gallbladder inflammation of the lining of the abdomen tissue death of the gallbladder	Advertise on MamasHealth.com Your product featured on MamasHealth.com Sign up for our Email Newsletter For Email Marketing you can trust
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