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Q: Ruptured Gallbladder
asked by: Anonymous on June 28th, 2004
How do you know if your gallbladder ruptured?
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Steph333
replied on July 16th, 2004
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Im not even sure if this is possible but you would know.
You wouldnt even be able to stand. The pain would be excruciating.
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mrb240
replied on September 10th, 2005
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Yes, it is definitely possible for your gall bladder to rupture. Mine ruptured two days after I gave birth to my son, and I ended up having to stay in the hospital for 17 days due to severe complications. It was the most intense pain that I have ever felt in my life. I had 2-3 gall bladder attacks beginning two weeks before my son was born, and then in the middle of the night, I woke up screaming. Within a few hours, I couldn't walk, move, etc., and was throwing up green poison. I've been told that the majority of individuals who experience a ruptured gall bladder will suffer from a high fever and a rapid rise in blood pressure. Unfortunately, I didn't show any of these side effects, and due to the fact that I had just given birth, it was hard to determine what was going on and I was misdiagnosed with gall stones. The surgeon did not realize that my gall bladder had ruptured until they went in to do surgery. If your gall bladder has ruptured, you will be in such intense pain and experiencing such severe effects that you wouldn't be able to be on the computer. But, I hope that you did see a doctor about this.
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neon311
replied on September 14th, 2005
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I was doing some research to better understand what my best friend is going through and found this forum. She is 24 and right now is in the hospital being treated for septicemia as a result of a ruptured gallbladder. I'm trying to understand what the doctors are explaining to her mother and I but all I hear is "we're doing all we can, just have to wait and see." i'd like to know if anyone has known of someone recovering from a severe case like this. I've read a few medical articles on this covering sympoms, statistics, treatments, and mortality rate. So far we've seen her have the fever, blue tint of the skin, high blood pressure with sudden low drops, delerium, rapid heart rate, and everything else possible. She's been in isolation for a day now and treated with iv fluids and meds. But I need to know what her chances are of all that working. If anyone can help, please do.
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Anonymous
replied on September 14th, 2005
That is terrible about your friend. I can completely understand. As I said in my earlier post, my gall bladder ruptured after my son was born. I basically sat in the hospital room for another day and a half waiting to have surgery because I was misdiagnosed due to the fact that I didn't have a high fever or my blood pressure rise and they thought my severe pain was just gall stones. Because I laid there for that time with the poison running through my body, I developed septicemia as well. When they went in to do the surgery, my surgeon discovered that it was ruptured and said that she really needed to open me up, but that I was so sick at that point that I would not have survived surgery. I spent several nights in icu because at that point the septicemia was causing my liver and kidneys to shut down. My left lung was completely filled with fluid. I also was developing pancreatitis due to the complications, and later a small touch of pnuemonia. My blood pressure was running around 90/39 for several days. I was fortunate in the case that my fever only reached 102.7 for a short time and then the remainder was around 99 -100. It took tons of fluids being pumped into my body for my kidneys to start working several days later. I was then moved into a regular room on the floor where I stayed for basically another two weeks. I also had to use an incentive machine for my lungs, and do breathing treatments three times a day. After 17 days, I was finally realized from the hospital. It was a very rough recovery, but the help of my pulmonologist, surgeon, and my ob/gyn, I was able to make a complete recovery and I feel great now. I do have to say that they said I bounced back quicker than they thought, but it is definitely doable.
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enxilme
replied on April 27th, 2007
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Thank you so much for the information on this, I was looking up this subject on google, and I couldn't find anything. I've been scared that my gallbladder will rupture, because I've had more than 20 gallstones in me for almost 6 months now, and probably longer, just didn't realize it. I'm 17, so the doctors took three months to diagnose me with it, they were convinced it was all in my head untill they took me to an ultra sound. So far I've had attacks every second day for 6 months and just yesterday I had three in a row so I was so scared it ruptured. I did vomit, but it wasn't green and I can still walk. Thank you so much for that information, you've eased my mind. =) Is there any signs before it ruptures? Or is there anything specific that causes it to rupture?

Thank you!
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