Gall bladder cancer

Gall bladder cancer often has no symptoms in the early stages of the disease. Some gall bladder cancers are found by chance. The symptoms include:

• Abdominal pain, especially in your right-hand side
• Feeling or being sick
• Jaundice,  which may cause yellowing of your eyes and skin, dark yellow urine and pale stools, itchy skin
• Abdominal bloating
• Loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss
• Fever (high temperature)
• Pale stools

Testing for gall bladder cancer when you have no symptoms is called screening. There is no national gall bladder cancer screening programme in Ireland at present. If you are concerned about gall bladder cancer, talk to your GP.