What symptom is typical for the chronic cholecystitis?

Signs and symptoms of cholecystitis may include: Severe pain in your upper right or center abdomen. Pain that spreads to your right shoulder or back. Tenderness over your abdomen when it’s touched.

What causes chronic cholecystitis?

Most of the time, chronic cholecystitis is caused by repeated attacks of acute (sudden) cholecystitis. Most of these attacks are caused by gallstones in the gallbladder. These attacks cause the walls of the gallbladder to thicken. The gallbladder begins to shrink.

How do you treat chronic cholecystitis?

The preferred treatment for chronic cholecystitis is elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It has a low morbidity rate and can be performed as an outpatient surgery. An open cholecystectomy is also an option however requires hospital admission and longer recovery time.

What happens chronic cholecystitis?

Chronic cholecystitis is characterized by repeated attacks of pain (biliary colic) that occur when gallstones periodically block the cystic duct. In chronic cholecystitis, the gallbladder is damaged by repeated attacks of acute inflammation, usually due to gallstones, and may become thick-walled, scarred, and small.

Can you have chronic cholecystitis without gallstones?

The hallmark of acalculous cholecystopathy, frequently called biliary dyskinesia, is recurrent right upper quadrant pain in the absence of gallstones. Acalculous cholecystitis refers to cholecystitis without gallstones.

What are signs that your gallbladder is not working?

Abdominal pain lasting several hours. Pain that may extend beneath the right shoulder blade or to the back. Pain that worsens after eating a heavy meal, particularly fatty or greasy foods. Pain that feels dull, sharp, or crampy.

What does biliary pain feel like?

Symptoms. A person with biliary colic typically feels pain in the middle to right upper abdomen. The pain can feel sharp, crampy, or like a constant dull ache. Colic often occurs in the evening, especially after eating a heavy meal.