acute
Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis is of the . Symptoms include right upper pain, pain in the right shoulder, , vomiting, and occasionally fever. Often gallbladder attacks precede acute cholecystitis. The pain lasts longer in cholecystitis than in a typical gallbladder attack. Without appropriate treatment, recurrent episodes of cholecystitis are common. of acute cholecystitis include gallstone , common bile duct stones, or inflammation of the common bile duct.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Intense right upper pain, , vomiting, fever
Causes — why it happens
- ·Gallstones, severe illness
How it's found
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Treatment
- · removal , gallbladder drainage
Outlook
- ·Generally good with treatment
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