Gallstones are common, especially in middle-aged women who are overweight or have high blood cholesterol levels. Usually, if gallstones are small and painless, surgery is not needed. In contrast, when gallstones cause pain, emergency surgery or cholecystectomy is often indicated. So how to recognize the signs of gallstone pain for timely treatment?

Gallstones in the first place often have no obvious symptoms until they grow in size and rub against the wall of the bile, causing inflammation or blockage of the bile ducts. The patient will then experience pain. So, how to reduce the pain caused by gallstones?