Fatty food intolerances? - Digestive Disorders Message Board

LAwoman75 · 02-04-2008, 07:01 AM

I've been saying all along, that my symptoms (possible gallbladder related) didn't seem to be brought on by what I ate. Well, after Saturday, I think I can say that it is affected by what I eat. After feeling pretty good all day, we went out for dinner. I had 2 hush puppies, salad with thousand island, fried catfish and shrimp, and a few fries........... and I paid for it. About an hour later, my stomach felt like it had a huge lead brick in it and to stand up was very uncomfortable. My right side had sharp shooting pains and I just felt like I wanted to throw up although I never did.

I usually don't eat large sized meals such as this, so maybe that's why I never saw a correlation? For those of you have had g/b issues, what does a fatty meal actually do to you?

Titchou · 02-04-2008, 09:20 PM

OK, Gallbladder 101. The gallbladder contracts to spew bile into your system to digest fats. It is triggered by the fats entering your digestive system.

If you have gallstones, when the gb contracts, it compresses down on the gallstones (they are porcupine looking things) and that causes the pain.

If you have a low ejection rate, the gb continues to try to eject enough bile but can't causing it to hurt.

Stop the fat intake!

LAwoman75 · 02-05-2008, 06:23 AM

Right, but I had an ultrasound a few weeks ago that showed no stones and a hida scan with a 95% EF rate. I don't usually eat fatty foods like I did that evening and I doubt I eat it again until the doctors can figure out what's causing the pain.

Titchou · 02-05-2008, 07:55 AM

Then it would seem the culprit is the fact that it was fried, not fatty...there is a difference! Perhaps your issue is GERD, an ulcer, gastritis, etc. But it would seem that the gb is fine.

Also, did you have bloodwork done? If so, was your billirubin high? That's an indicator of gb problems. If it was normal, then another reason to rule out gb.

LAwoman75 · 02-05-2008, 08:27 AM

Bloodwork was taken but I don't know if they checked that. I do not have indigestion, heartburn, burning in my stomach, or any other ulcer symptom. My symptoms are right side pain, nausea that comes out of nowhere usually in the evenings, and sometimes when I eat, it feels as though my stomach fills easily and takes hours to digest.