What symptom does cholecystitis have?

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Cholecystitis is a common disease, this disease occurs in middle-aged people, mainly refers to bacterial infection caused by cholecystitis lesions, in order to deepen our understanding of cholecystitis, the following will introduce the symptoms of cholecystitis in detail, hope to help you.

What symptom does cholecystitis have?

Many patients with acute cholecystitis get sick in the middle of the night after a greasy dinner, because the high-fat diet can strengthen the contraction of the gallbladder, and lying prone to small gallstones slide into and incarcerate the cystic duct. The main manifestations were persistent pain and paroxysmal aggravation in the right upper abdomen, which could radiate to the right shoulder and back; It is often accompanied by fever, nausea and vomiting, but chills are rare and jaundice is mild. Abdominal examination showed that the right upper abdomen was full, abdominal muscle tension in gallbladder area, obvious tenderness and rebound pain.

The symptoms and signs of chronic cholecystitis were not typical. Most of the symptoms were biliary dyspepsia, aversion to greasy food, upper abdominal distension, belching, heartburn, etc., similar to ulcer or chronic appendicitis; Sometimes because of gallstone obstruction cystic duct, can be acute attack, but when the stone movement, obstruction relief, that is quickly improved. Physical examination showed mild tenderness or percussion pain in gallbladder area; If there is hydrops in gallbladder, round and smooth cystic mass can be found.

Gallbladder displacement often aggravates the pain, so patients prefer to lie on the right side to relieve abdominal pain. Some patients will have nausea and vomiting, but vomiting is generally not severe. Most patients also have fever, the temperature is usually between 38.0 ℃ and 38.5 ℃, high fever and shivering are rare. A few patients also have white eyes and mild yellowing of skin. When doctors examine the patient's abdomen, they can find tenderness in the right upper abdomen and tension in the abdominal muscles. About 1 / 3 of the patients can still feel the enlarged gallbladder.

matters needing attention

We should often do some physical activities to activate the metabolism of the whole body, especially the middle-aged people who always sit still at work. We should consciously do more physical work to prevent excessive obesity, because obesity is an important cause of cholecystitis or gallstones.