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  2. Functional dyspepsia - Wikipedia

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    It makes sense to advise patients to eat smaller, more frequent meals and to steer clear of foods that worsen their symptoms. [5] Eating less fattening meals may be advised because the duodenum's lipid content increases the stomach's mechanosensitivity.

  3. Gastrocolic reflex - Wikipedia

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    The gastrocolic reflex or gastrocolic response is a physiological reflex that controls the motility, or peristalsis, of the gastrointestinal tract following a meal. It involves an increase in motility of the colon consisting primarily of giant migrating contractions, in response to stretch in the stomach following ingestion and byproducts of digestion entering the small intestine. [1]

  4. Gastroparesis - Wikipedia

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    Gastroparesis is suspected in patients who have abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or bloating, or when these symptoms occur after eating. Once an upper endoscopy has been performed to exclude peptic ulcer disease or gastric outlet obstruction as the root of their symptoms, those patients should be tested for gastroparesis.

  5. Peptic ulcer disease - Wikipedia

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    The most common symptoms of a duodenal ulcer are waking at night with upper abdominal pain, and upper abdominal pain that improves with eating. [1] With a gastric ulcer, the pain may worsen with eating. [8] The pain is often described as a burning or dull ache. [1] Other symptoms include belching, vomiting, weight loss, or poor appetite. [1]

  6. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Superior mesenteric artery compressing the duodenum, featuring the superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a gastro-vascular disorder in which the third and final portion of the duodenum is compressed between the abdominal aorta (AA) and the overlying superior mesenteric artery.

  7. Stomach disease - Wikipedia

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    Stomach diseases include gastritis, gastroparesis, Crohn's disease and various cancers. [1]The stomach is an important organ in the body. It plays a vital role in digestion of foods, releases various enzymes and also protects the lower intestine from harmful organisms.

  8. Dumping syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Osmotic diarrhea, distension of the small bowel leading to crampy abdominal pain, and reduced blood volume can result. Late dumping syndrome occurs 2 to 3 hours after a meal. It results from excessive movement of sugar into the intestine, which raises the body's blood glucose level and causes the pancreas to increase its release of the hormone ...

  9. Intestinal ischemia - Wikipedia

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    The related term mesenteric ischemia or small intestine ischemia generally defined as ischemia of the small bowel specifically. [40] It has also been defined as poor circulation in the vessels supplying blood flow to any or several of the mesenteric organs, including the stomach, liver, colon and intestine.