Symptoms of intrahepatic bile duct stones

Many of our friends may not know what kind of disease intrahepatic bile duct stones are, let alone what its symptoms are. For a disease like intrahepatic bile duct stones, its main symptoms include abdominal pain and gallstones, etc. Therefore, it is difficult for us to discover the existence of intrahepatic bile duct stones in our daily life. Generally, we have to go to the hospital for examination to know about it.

For a disease like intrahepatic bile duct stones, we should have a certain understanding of its symptoms in our lives. Because the symptoms of intrahepatic bile duct stones include systemic infection and high fever in our lives, we recommend that everyone should understand it in their lives.

Extrahepatic bile duct stones generally have no obvious symptoms. If a secondary infection occurs due to blockage of the bile duct by stones, colic under the xiphoid process and in the right abdomen will occur. These symptoms are generally paroxysmal and may come and go. If the abdominal pain persists and becomes more severe over time, the pain will extend to the right shoulder and will be accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

When the bile duct is blocked by stones and a secondary infection occurs, if the infection spreads and causes a systemic infection, symptoms such as high fever and chills will appear, with the fever sometimes reaching 40 degrees. Due to the obstruction of the bile duct, intermittent jaundice symptoms will occur, that is, the urine color will become significantly darker during urination, and the stool color will become lighter. When jaundice symptoms appear again, some people may experience itchy skin due to skin infection.

In the early stages of intrahepatic bile duct stones, which is the intermittent period, there are generally not many obvious symptoms. Some people only experience mild discomfort such as bloating and pain in the upper abdomen, chest and back. Symptoms of intrahepatic bile duct stones are similar to those of extrahepatic bile duct stones, including abdominal pain, chills, high fever, and jaundice. When jaundice symptoms appear, there will be a phenomenon of coughing up yellow sputum that tastes bitter and is similar to bile.

The article introduces the symptoms of intrahepatic bile duct stones in detail. I hope you can remember it well in your life. For a disease like intrahepatic bile duct stones, we should not only have a certain understanding of its symptoms in life, but also know its treatment methods, so that we can treat intrahepatic bile duct stones in time in life.