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Gallbladder

Eliza13

By Eliza13
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Eliza13
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Hi everyone,

I went to a new doctor today b/c of more nausea and pain in my back. I assumed that the pain in my right shoulder was completely unrelated to my abdominal problems, but the abdomen strikes again. Apparently, gallbladder disease often manifests as pain in right shoulder, along with the abdominal symptoms. Anyone else have this?

Skar

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Hi everyone,

I went to a new doctor today b/c of more nausea and pain in my back.  I assumed that the pain in my right shoulder was completely unrelated to my abdominal problems, but the abdomen strikes again.  Apparently, gallbladder disease often manifests as pain in right shoulder, along with the abdominal symptoms.  Anyone else have this?

Skar

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Unfortunately the symptoms are similar and hard to differentiate. Everyone was sure my problem was GB. I had an upper GI which showed reflux, a sonogram which showed an enlarged gall bladder, and a HIDA scan which showed a normally functioning gall bladder. After that i was sent to a Gastro doc, who did a Celiac panel which showed an abnormal IGA. I was put on a gluten-free diet, my symptoms went away. The only time I get them now is if I accidentally eat gluten, then the right side pain comes back and radiates into my right back and shoulder.

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Jnkmnky
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I had my gb removed last winter.. It was not fun, but living w/out the gallbladder is no biggie. If you have to have it removed, don't worry too much. The first couple of weeks go very VERY low fat while your body adjusts.

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nettiebeads
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Hi everyone,

I went to a new doctor today b/c of more nausea and pain in my back.  I assumed that the pain in my right shoulder was completely unrelated to my abdominal problems, but the abdomen strikes again.  Apparently, gallbladder disease often manifests as pain in right shoulder, along with the abdominal symptoms.  Anyone else have this?

Skar

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I've had what I think were gallbladder attacks - I have read where those with total hysterectomies are more prone to have their gb removed later, so I associated the attacks with my hysterectomy. Come to find out others with celiac disease also have problems with their gb. My dh, when we were first dating, made the most wonderful meal for me (he's an ex-sous chef) with the richest butter sauce I'd ever had. To die for even. And later I thought I wanted to - the butter sure didn't agree with my gb!!! I've had a few attacks since then when I knew I wasn't eating anything with high fat in it, never attributed it to celiac disease until I joined this forum. I would strongly recommend low fat to see if the nausea and pain subside.

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I've had what I think were gallbladder attacks - I have read where those with total hysterectomies are more prone to have their gb removed later, so I associated the attacks with my hysterectomy.  Come to find out others with celiac disease also have problems with their gb.  My dh, when we were first dating, made the most wonderful meal for me (he's an ex-sous chef) with the richest butter sauce I'd ever had.  To die for even.  And later I thought I wanted to - the butter sure didn't agree with my gb!!!  I've had a few attacks since then when I knew I wasn't eating anything with high fat in it, never attributed it to celiac disease until I joined this forum. I would strongly recommend low fat to see if the nausea and pain subside.

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If you are having what you believe to be gb problems, you should have it checked out by a dr. Gallbladder problems are not benign. You can live without a gb, but you cannot live with a diseased gb. It can kill you.

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Eliza13
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I've had what I think were gallbladder attacks - I have read where those with total hysterectomies are more prone to have their gb removed later, so I associated the attacks with my hysterectomy.  Come to find out others with celiac disease also have problems with their gb.  My dh, when we were first dating, made the most wonderful meal for me (he's an ex-sous chef) with the richest butter sauce I'd ever had.  To die for even.  And later I thought I wanted to - the butter sure didn't agree with my gb!!!  I've had a few attacks since then when I knew I wasn't eating anything with high fat in it, never attributed it to celiac disease until I joined this forum. I would strongly recommend low fat to see if the nausea and pain subside.

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I also cannot eat butter. Whenever I eat buttered popcorn I throw up. Could also be the corn, But in combo it kills me!

Do you have pain in your back (upper right quadrant)? Mine is very sore there.

Skar

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nettiebeads
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I also cannot eat butter.  Whenever I eat buttered popcorn I throw up.  Could also be the corn, But in combo it kills me!

Do you have pain in your back (upper right quadrant)?  Mine is very sore there.

Skar

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When I had attacks it was in my upper right quadrant, then progressed to both sides. The other attacks I was so nauseous that I couldn't hold down water. But I haven't had problems for ages with my gb, thank God!!!

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Hi everyone,

I went to a new doctor today b/c of more nausea and pain in my back.  I assumed that the pain in my right shoulder was completely unrelated to my abdominal problems, but the abdomen strikes again.  Apparently, gallbladder disease often manifests as pain in right shoulder, along with the abdominal symptoms.  Anyone else have this?

Skar

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WHAT??? Oh Dear! This is the first time I have heard anyone complain of right shoulder pain! I was just diagnosed with celiac disease and started gluten-free two weeks ago. I am wondering if those THREE shoulder surgeries were for nothing? My shoulder is still so painful but I will not let them do another surgery, especially now! I also had several possible gallbladder attacks in the past that sent me to the emergency room. They never figured out what was wrong with me. Thanks for sharing your info!

Jo Ann

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Eliza13
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WHAT??? Oh Dear! This is the first time I have heard anyone complain of right shoulder pain! I was just diagnosed with celiac disease and started gluten-free two weeks ago. I am wondering if those THREE shoulder surgeries were for nothing? My shoulder is still so painful but I will not let them do another surgery, especially now! I also had several possible gallbladder attacks in the past that sent me to the emergency room. They never figured out what was wrong with me. Thanks for sharing your info!

Jo Ann

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Isn't it bizarre? I am still trying to figure out why it manifest in the right shoulder blade area. My doc is the one who told me it does, and I have now read that it does BUT can't seem to find out WHY. If anyone knows, please do tell!

Skar

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nettiebeads
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Isn't it bizarre?  I am still trying to figure out why it manifest in the right shoulder blade area.  My doc is the one who told me it does, and I have now read that it does BUT can't seem to find out WHY.  If anyone knows, please do tell!

Skar

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There's still a lot of things about pain that professionals don't understand. Remember, medicine is an art really, not an exact science like physics. It is very common for one area to be in trouble but have the pain manifest itself in another area. One of my coworkers went to the ER for upper abdominable pain, was told it was gastritis, two days later he was in another hospital for emergency appendectomy because it had burst. (was there for 3 weeks he was SO sick). Medicine is making progress in many areas, maybe someday it will be figured out.

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before I was dx with Celiac, one of the things my Dr. ruled out was gall bladder disease, because he said that a lot of my symptoms were consistent with that. SO... is there a connection? I dunno, only in that there are some shared symptoms. I ended up not having problems with my gall bladder, TG

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When I wasfirst being tested for every disease known to mankind because Celiac's is "rare" according to my FORMER GI, they did a CT scan and I found out I had gallstones. They said that the stones were not causing my symptoms and I went gluten-free. When I found out I had gallstones, I did some research and found that there is a correlation between GB problems and Celiac's. I haven't had any pain but I am finding I can't handle fatty foods (like peanut butter) anymore.

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