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Gastroparesis (gastro- from Ancient Greek γαστήρ – gaster, "stomach"; and -paresis, πάρεσις – "partial paralysis") is a medical disorder of ineffective neuromuscular contractions (peristalsis) of the stomach, resulting in food and liquid remaining in the stomach for a prolonged period of time.
Gastroparesis and anorexia nervosa are two distinct illnesses, however, there is evidence of gastroparesis and gastrointestinal motility issues resulting from anorexia nervosa. Researchers suspect ...
Basically in gastroparesis, the stomach motility disappears and food remains stagnant in the stomach. The most common cause of gastroparesis is diabetes but it can also occur from a blockage at the distal end of stomach, a cancer or a stroke. Symptoms of gastroparesis includes abdominal pain, fullness, bloating, nausea, vomiting after eating ...
Causes: Idiopathic, Kawasaki disease, Parkinson's disease, Chagas disease, Hirschsprung's disease, intestinal hypogangliosis, collagen vascular disease, mitochondrial disease, endocrine disorders, medication side effects: Diagnostic method: Signs and symptoms consistent with a mechanical intestinal obstruction with no identifying lesion.
Reactive hypoglycemia, postprandial hypoglycemia, or sugar crash is a term describing recurrent episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia occurring within four hours [1] after a high carbohydrate meal in people with and without diabetes. [2] The term is not necessarily a diagnosis since it requires an evaluation to determine the cause of the ...
Treatment of dysautonomia can be difficult; since it is made up of many different symptoms, a combination of drug therapies is often required to manage individual symptomatic complaints. In the case of autoimmune neuropathy, treatment with immunomodulatory therapies is done. If diabetes mellitus is the cause, control of blood glucose is ...
AGID is diagnosed with a complete medical history, exam of patients motility and with special blood tests looking for autoantibodies consistent with neurologic autoimmunity. [2]
Cinco de Mayo literally means “the fifth of May” in Spanish, and it lands on Sunday in 2024. It’s not just a day to party, though. It commemorates a significant time in history for Mexico ...