How does cholecystitis hurt?

Dr. Jordan Hayes
Dr. Jordan Hayes Verified

Restoring balance, one patient at a time.

2025-05-19 15:58:57 Views: 98 times

The pain of cholecystitis is often manifested as paroxysmal colic, radiation pain, and often at night pain, details are as follows:

How does cholecystitis hurt?

1, paroxysmal colic

cholecystitis is caused by biliary obstruction, cholestasis caused by secondary infection, due to increased pressure in the gallbladder, gallbladder wall contraction pain, so pain presents paroxysmal colic.

2, radiation pain

because gallbladder nerve belongs to visceral nerve, when gallbladder nerve and other nerves cross, pain will radiate to the back or right shoulder, causing radiation pain.

3, often at night pain

How does cholecystitis hurt?

after eating vagus nerve excitation, constantly stimulate gallbladder contraction, will cause acute onset of cholecystitis, so cholecystitis pain often appears at night.

In addition to the above symptoms, cholecystitis patients will also show right upper abdominal pressure pain, rebound pain.



What Everyone is Watching