2. Nausea and Vomiting Intense nausea, which may lead to vomiting, is another common gallstone symptom. Nausea often arises after eating and can last for several hours before resolving.

Once you have gallstones, they won’t go away on their own and the recommended treatment is surgery to remove your gallbladder ...

In some cases, the pain can improve if the stone passes onto the first part of the small intestine. But for the pain to fully go away, treatment to pass the gallstone is often necessary.