Overall, patients with cholelathiasis have about a 20% chance of developing biliary colic (the extremely painful complication that usually requires surgery) over a 20-year period.

Colitis, diverticulitis, colic, diarrhea, peptic ulcer, asthma, excessive sweating, incontinence, migraines, muscle pains, motion sickness, Parkinson's disease, biliary colic, irritable bowel syndrome.

Approximately 80% of gallstones do not cause significant discomfort. Patients who develop biliary colic generally do have some symptoms.

When gallstones obstruct the cystic duct, intermittent, extreme, cramping pain typically develops in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.

History of biliary colic or jaundice, nausea, vomiting, sudden onset of extreme pain in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen, fever, chills.