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What Causes Pain/discomfort After Gallbladder Removal?

My 17 yr old daughter had her gallbladder removed 4 mos. ago . She has had pain & discomfort ever since. The pain has been terrible the past 5 weeks. It wakes her up @ night when she is able to sleep. Today, she had an ultrasound, & the person giving it kept asking her if she had hemorraging after her surgery or any other complications. She is scheduled for an endoscopy & biopsies in 6 weeks. What could be causing her pain & should I insist that she have the endoscopy sooner. She is in terrible pain tonight & the ultrasound was very uncomfortable for her.
Fri, 16 Oct 2015
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Hi , thank you for posting your query in HMC.
I understand your concern. After gall bladder removal, few patients can develop these symptoms like abdominal pain , fever, jaundice, diarrhoea. In your case abdominal pain is prominent.it is possibly due to bile duct injuries, biliary leaks, acute pancreatitis, infections. I would suggest you to get endoscopy done as soon as possible .it will help to find the cause. I would also suggest you to get the blood tests done that should include CBC, AMYLASE, LIPASE, LIVER FUNCTION TESTS. These will help to find out the probable causeHope i have answered your question. If you have any further questions i will be happy to help.
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What Causes Pain/discomfort After Gallbladder Removal?

Hi , thank you for posting your query in HMC. I understand your concern. After gall bladder removal, few patients can develop these symptoms like abdominal pain , fever, jaundice, diarrhoea. In your case abdominal pain is prominent.it is possibly due to bile duct injuries, biliary leaks, acute pancreatitis, infections. I would suggest you to get endoscopy done as soon as possible .it will help to find the cause. I would also suggest you to get the blood tests done that should include CBC, AMYLASE, LIPASE, LIVER FUNCTION TESTS. These will help to find out the probable causeHope i have answered your question. If you have any further questions i will be happy to help.