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How To Treat Pain After Intake Of Oil With Gallstone Condition?
My mother has gallstone, she's 37 years old and she's been doing well. The doctor put her on a diet, no fried food, or fatty foods. This includes no oil, but unfortunately someone gave her oil, now she's in pain and she says it feels like she's getting stabbed in the stomach. We would go to the hospital but her doctor is out of town and he's the only one who has her medical records, if we go to the hospital we might be running a heavy risk at the doctors not having any idea what to do with her due to lack of information. We've given her some lemons in water to break up the oil. She cannot take her pain killers for another three hours. But is there something else that we can do?
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
Hello and thank you for asking HCM.
I have read the symptoms of your mother and i understand your concerns.
It seems she has a a biliary colic, or worse even pancreatitis. No one can be sure for the diagnosis without tests.
Usually the pain disappears in a few hours,but if the pain is prolonged and she has other symptoms like nausea,vomiting, fever than probably she has cholecystitis (infection of the gallbladder) In this case she need to check up at the hospital to do some tests.
-ultrasound of her abdomen (to check the walls of the gallbladder,biliary ducts,pancreas ect)
-blood tests (to check the white blood cells for presence of infection,liver enzymes,pancreas enzymes)
-a consult with a surgeon.
It doesn't matter that her personal doctor is out of tows. The other doctors will do the tests and will know what to do once they have a diagnosis.
If you have any other question,feel free to ask me.
Dr.Endri Katro
I have read the symptoms of your mother and i understand your concerns.
It seems she has a a biliary colic, or worse even pancreatitis. No one can be sure for the diagnosis without tests.
Usually the pain disappears in a few hours,but if the pain is prolonged and she has other symptoms like nausea,vomiting, fever than probably she has cholecystitis (infection of the gallbladder) In this case she need to check up at the hospital to do some tests.
-ultrasound of her abdomen (to check the walls of the gallbladder,biliary ducts,pancreas ect)
-blood tests (to check the white blood cells for presence of infection,liver enzymes,pancreas enzymes)
-a consult with a surgeon.
It doesn't matter that her personal doctor is out of tows. The other doctors will do the tests and will know what to do once they have a diagnosis.
If you have any other question,feel free to ask me.
Dr.Endri Katro
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