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April 10th, 2010
Im 17 yr old girl and for the past year i have been having pains near my gall bladder, i had a sonogram of my kidneys and gall bladder about 7 months ago, and they said i didn't have any stones or anything. but even applying pressure to this area hurts, and sometimes after i eat it hurts, causes extreme discomfort. what can this be?
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You might ask your doctor to perform a CCK-HIDA scan to rule-out abnormal gallbladder function ("biliary dyskinesia").


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