What is cholecystitis?

Cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder, causing severe abdominal pain. A common outcome of this condition is the surgical removal of the gallbladder.

How do members experience cholecystitis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with cholecystitis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for cholecystitis*

*Data from patients with cholecystitis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with cholecystitis*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
cholecystitis (2)

*Data from patients with cholecystitis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has cholecystitis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 10
30s 24
40s 52
50s 73
60s 64
70+ 38

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 54
Female 208

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What is cholecystitis?

Cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder, causing severe abdominal pain. A common outcome of this condition is the surgical removal of the gallbladder.



Common symptoms reported by people with cholecystitis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for cholecystitis

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Type
Surgery
How many have tried
164
Tried for
cholecystitis (2)

Data from patients with cholecystitis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
Last updated:


Compare treatments taken by people with cholecystitis

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
cholecystitis (2)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with cholecystitis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
Last updated:



Who has cholecystitis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 50 say cholecystitis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 10
30s 24
40s 52
50s 73
60s 64
70+ 38

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 54
Female 208

These charts show data from cholecystitis patients who have completed their condition history
Last updated: