- Question of
Do you have forty years or more?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Are you a female?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have obesity? (please search in google the “BMI formula,” and with your weight and height, it will calculate that diagnosis)
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Did you recently have speedy weight loss because of a strict diet focusing on caloric and fat restriction? Or, did you have gastric bypass surgery?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Does any family member have been diagnosed with gallstones?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome or gastroesophageal reflux?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you are pregnant, or did you give birth within six weeks?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Have you been pregnant at least three times?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you take birth control pills or hormone therapies containing estrogen?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been diagnosed with insulin resistance, type II diabetes mellitus (high blood sugar), hypertension (high blood pressure), or hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol or fatty acids in the blood)?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you take clofibrate, fenofibrate, or gemfibrozil?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, hereditary spherocytosis, or beta-thalassemia?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been diagnosed with liver cirrhosis?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease? Or, did you have surgery for removing a portion of your small intestine?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you feel pain in the right hypochondriac or epigastric region (please refer to the photo below)? Does this pain usually begin within one hour after a fatty meal? (Only click yes if your answer is yes to both questions)
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Is this pain intense and stays 5 hours or longer?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
After a fatty meal, this abdominal pain stays for one to five hours and then disappears?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Does this abdominal pain calms down or disappear when you vomit, take antacids, defecate, pass gasses, or with a specific body position (i.e., lying still)?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
When you have abdominal pain after a fatty meal, do you also sweat too much? Or do you have nausea or vomiting?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have a yellow coloration of your skin and/or eyes?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you have a fever? (preferably use a thermometer which needs to shows more than 101,3 °F or touch your forehead and determine if the temperature is increased)
- Yes
- No

Gallstones symptoms, causes, treatment – Cholelithiasis

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