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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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