Is it your Gallbladder?

Does everything you eat cause pain?

If you suffer from pain in the upper right or upper middle part of your stomach after eating it could be your gallbladder causing the issue. The gallbladder is located under the liver, which stores and collects bile produced in the liver. When your gallbladder is acting up, you will experience pain when eating foods, particularly fatty foods.

Other symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, fever, yellowing of the skin and eyes and a bloated belly. One reason for having a gallbladder removed is the presence of gallstones. They can be as small as a grain of sand to as large as a golf ball. Gallbladder removal is a common surgery and is performed using general anesthesia.

These members of the medical staff may be able to help:

Jeremy Whitt, M.D.

General Surgeon
904 Holiday Drive, Suite 402
Forrest City, AR 72335

Dr. Whitt offers a wide array of general surgeries and procedures, including the following:

• Gall Bladder Procedures
• Hernia Repair
• Colonoscopy
• Thyroidectomy & Parathyroidectomy
• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
• Colon surgeries
• Breast Surgeries
• Vascular surgeries including AV grafts
• Fistulagrams & Thrombectomy surgeries for grafts
• Renal Patients
• Placement of dialysis catheters

Heinen Iskander, M.D.

General Surgeon
900 Holiday Drive, Suite 105
Forrest City, AR 72335

Dr. Iskander has broad-based General Surgery experience and performs the following procedures and more -- sometimes with minimally invasive approaches:

• Gall Bladder Procedures
• Hernia Repair
• Colonoscopy
• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
• Colon surgeries
• Hemorrhoid

Patient results may vary. Consult your physician about the benefits and risks of any surgical procedure or treatment. Physicians are members of the Medical Staff of Forrest City Medical Center.