Over a year ago my husband was diagnosed with a non-functioning gall bladder, the only symptom was a constant ache under his ribs on the right side. He could live with that, but now for the past eight days he's had the ache with heartburn, headache that causes nausea when he walks around. Could this be from his gall bladder problem. His throat is raw from the heartburn and nothing he takes helps. He's 62 years old.