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  2. Dumping syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The symptoms of early and late dumping syndrome are different and vary from person to person. Early dumping syndrome symptoms may include: [1] nausea; vomiting; abdominal pain and cramping; diarrhea; feeling uncomfortably full or bloated after a meal; sweating; weakness; dizziness; flushing, or blushing of the face or skin; rapid or irregular ...

  3. Phytobezoar - Wikipedia

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    The preferred treatment of bezoars includes different therapies and/or fragmentation to avoid surgery. Phytobezoars are most common and consist of undigested lignin, cellulose, tannins, celery, pumpkin skin, grape skins, prunes, raisins, vegetables and fruits. [4] Phytobezoars can form after eating persimmons and pineapples.

  4. Gymnema sylvestre - Wikipedia

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    Weight loss: In Japan, 50 tons of G. sylvestre leaves are consumed annually for the purpose of weight loss. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Early research suggests that taking a specific combination of Gymnema sylvestre extract, hydroxycitric acid, and niacin-bound chromium by mouth for 8 weeks might reduce body weight in people who are overweight or obese.

  5. Diet and obesity - Wikipedia

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    Adults who increase or decrease their free sugar intake increase or decrease their weight. [25] Reviews indicate that governmental health policies should be implemented to discourage intake of sugar-sweetened beverages, and reduce the obesity in children and adults. Obesity has been rising in the 21st century.

  6. Intestinal pseudo-obstruction - Wikipedia

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    Intestinal decompression by tube placement in a small stoma can also be used to reduce distension and pressure within the gut. The stoma may be a gastrostomy, jejunostomy, ileostomy, or cecostomy. These may be used for feed (e.g. gastrostomy and jejunostomy) or to flush the intestines.

  7. Trehalose - Wikipedia

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    Trehalose (from Turkish tıgala – a sugar derived from insect cocoons + -ose) [3] is a sugar consisting of two molecules of glucose. It is also known as mycose or tremalose . Some bacteria, fungi, plants and invertebrate animals synthesize it as a source of energy, and to survive freezing and lack of water.

  8. Fructose - Wikipedia

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    Fructose (/ ˈ f r ʌ k t oʊ s,-oʊ z /), or fruit sugar, is a ketonic simple sugar found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose , that are absorbed by the gut directly into the blood of the portal vein during digestion .

  9. Visceroptosis - Wikipedia

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    Visceroptosis is a prolapse or a sinking of the abdominal viscera (internal organs) below their natural position. "Ptosis" being the defining term, any or all of the organs may be displaced downward. When only the intestines are involved, the condition is known as enteroptosis.