Gallstone Home Care

• Patients with gallstones may have the following symptoms：
  1. Epigastric cramping pain after eating fried or fatty foods
  2. Pain usually localized over right upper abdomen but may sometimes radiate to the right shoulder and scapula
  3. Nausea, Vomiting, Heart-Burn
• Patients with the following symptoms should seek medical help as soon as possible：
  1. Fever or chills
  2. Pain with cold sweating
  3. Jaundice or yellowish skin
  4. Tea-colored urine or clay-colored stool
  5. Frequent non-specific skin itch or pruritis
  6. Abdominal distention and poor appetite
  7. Steatorrhea or oily stool

Watch your diet. Minimize fatty or high cholesterol food. Avoid the following foods：

• Vegetables：vegetables that cause gas such as sweet potato, potato, corn, taro
• Oils and fats：Avoid butter, salad dressing, fried food or fried snacks.
• Grains：Avoid instant noodles, cakes, fritters, fried noodles, fried snacks. Choose rice, noodles, or steamed buns instead, preferably whole grain.
• Meat, dairy, legumes：Avoid fatty meat, pork knuckles, pig or chicken skin, fat drippings, oiled tofu, walnuts, chestnuts, cashews, fava beans, peanuts, whole milk, cream, ice cream, and cheese.