The following symptoms and complaints may indicate cholecystitis (gallbladder inflammation):
Leading symptoms
- Pain in the right upper abdomen, which may radiate between the shoulder blades and into the right shoulder (older patients are up to 25% painless or have only mild, atypical pain!).
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea/vomiting
- Fever/chills (older patients are up to 30% without fever!).
- Meteorism (distended abdomen)
Associated symptoms
- Icterus (jaundice) – rarely occurs in acute cholecystitis.
