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Gallstones – anyone else had bad diarrhea with mucus?
Question : Gallstones – anyone else had bad diarrhea with mucus?
Two months ago my bile duct became blocked which caused me to have jaundice and affected my liver and pancreas. I had an ERCP to widen my bile duct and also an MRI scan which showed all was ok except for the gallstones These were discovered after an ultrasound scan. I have hundreds of gallstones and my gallbladder is quite enlarged. I am awaiting a date to have my gallbladder removed. Last week i suffered 4 gallstone attacks, ranging from pressure , vomiting to severe pain ,one session lasted almost 24 hours. The past three days the pain etc has gone but I now have really bad diarrheaa, yellow in colour with mucas. I am running to the loo all the time. I am very careful with my diet and fats in fact im scared to eat anything right now. Has anyone else had this? is this related to the gallstones or is something else going on ? I will see my consultant in 2 days but thought I would ask if anyone else had had this experience.
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Best answer:
Answer by Drew G
No but after reading your question I have had nausea with extreme vomiting. Yuck!
You need to get those stones out yesterday.
This may or may not be related. It could be some other problem in your abdominal area and could be very serious. I cannot believe you are on a waiting list. Go to the emergency room if you have another attack before seeing your “consultant.” This is horrible.
I am guessing you do not live in the USA but in The UK. I guess medicine is a little different there and I hope that is why you are having to wait for a cholecystectomy.