chronic
Gastroparesis
Gastroparesis is a medical disorder of ineffective contractions (peristalsis) of the stomach, resulting in food and liquid remaining in the stomach for a prolonged period. Stomach contents thus exit more slowly into the duodenum of the digestive tract, a medical sign called delayed emptying. The opposite of this, where stomach contents exit quickly into the duodenum, is called dumping .
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·, vomiting, pain, feeling full after consuming very little ("early satiety")
Causes — why it happens
- · disorders, damage to the vagus nerve, -induced , autonomic neuropathy
How it's found
- ·Barium swallow X-ray, barium beefsteak meal, radioisotope -emptying scan (GES), wireless motility capsule (WMC), serial X-ray after ingesting radiopaque markers (ROM), gastric manometry, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), stable isotope breath test
Treatment
- ·Dietary modifications, medications to stimulate emptying, medications to reduce vomiting gastric electrical stimulation
Complications
- ·, , weight loss, vitamin deficiencies, obstruction due to bezoars, small intestinal overgrowth, Anorexia
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