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What Does Severe Pain Around The Gallbladder Area Indicate?

my husband received trenda and rituximab with ivig on Monday and Tuesday last week for his cll, he is in the hospital now because he has severe abdominal pain in the gallbladder area , I feel the chemo drugs have affected his liver and gallbladder and he is jaundice too, is this a reaction to these drugs I am very scared he is 79 years old and has had Cll since 2004, gone through other chemo treatments but not with this drug???
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Pain on chemotherapy in CLL patients may be due to immuno supression with opportunistic infections of gallbladder or metastasis to liver or gallbladder may gives rise to pain or drug induced hepatitis or cholestasis may cause pain. You may take pain killer or Tramadol for pain management. please get it done scan abdomen. If symptoms not improved please consult your doctor he will examine and treat you accordingly.

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What Does Severe Pain Around The Gallbladder Area Indicate?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Pain on chemotherapy in CLL patients may be due to immuno supression with opportunistic infections of gallbladder or metastasis to liver or gallbladder may gives rise to pain or drug induced hepatitis or cholestasis may cause pain. You may take pain killer or Tramadol for pain management. please get it done scan abdomen. If symptoms not improved please consult your doctor he will examine and treat you accordingly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.