The Amalfi Coast, south of Naples, is still a magnet for wealthy Russians and romantic Americans. Yet Naples itself is a tourist wasteland, and the rest of southern Italy is largely vacationer-free. Only 13 percent of tourists who come to Italy go to the Mezzogiorno, as the south is known.
Depending on where a stone blocks the flow of bile, symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, fever, and severe abdominal pain that lasts longer than 6 hours. If you have these symptoms, you may need surgery to remove your gallbladder or the gallstone causing the blockage.
Symptoms of a Gallstone in the Bile Duct. Gallstones may be small or large and remain in the liver without causing illness or symptoms. Some gallstones can irritate the gallbladder or become lodged in the hepatic, cystic, common bile or pancreatic ducts. Symptoms similar to other conditions, such as a heart attack and appendicitis, may be present with gallstones. Proper diagnosis and medical attention is necessary when symptoms occur.