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.
See a doctor immediately if these symptoms last more than 1 to 2 hours or if you have a fever. Other complications. Untreated gallstones may cause complications such as: jaundice, a yellowish tint to your skin or eyes; cholecystitis, a gallbladder infection; cholangitis, a bile duct infection; sepsis, a blood infection; pancreas inflammation; gallbladder cancer