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  2. Gastroparesis - Wikipedia

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    Gastric emptying time is regarded as delayed if it is 5 hours or longer and is defined as the time required for the capsule to reach the duodenum, as determined by a pH increase of more than 3 units. Small bowel transit time is normally 2.5–6 hours and is calculated from the time the pH increases by more than three units to the time it drops ...

  3. Gastroparesis: The causes, symptoms, and treatments for ... - AOL

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    This sort of gut paralysis is what leads to "delayed gastric emptying" and its accompanying symptoms. What causes gastroparesis? ... This process will take time and energy, but the goal is to make ...

  4. Dumping syndrome - Wikipedia

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    A gastric emptying scintigraphy test involves eating a bland meal that contains a small amount of radioactive material. An external camera scans the abdomen to locate the radioactive material. The radiologist measures the rate of gastric emptying at 1, 2, 3, and 4 hours after the meal. The test can help confirm a diagnosis of dumping syndrome.

  5. Gastric emptying study - Wikipedia

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    A gastric emptying study is a nuclear medicine study which provides an assessment of the stomach's ability to empty. It may be used if there are complications after gastric surgery, for gastric reflux , or suspected gastroparesis amongst other indications. [ 1 ]

  6. Starting Ozempic? Here Are 7 Foods to Eat (& 10 to Avoid) - AOL

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    Gastroparesis is a fancy way of describing slow gastric emptying, which means food sits in the stomach longer before being digested. Greasy, high-fat foods are linked to slowing down the digestion ...

  7. 7 Foods to Eat on Ozempic (& 10 to Avoid) - AOL

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    Gastroparesis is a fancy way of describing slow gastric emptying, which means food sits in the stomach longer before being digested. Greasy, high-fat foods are linked to slowing down the digestion ...

  8. Stomach - Wikipedia

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    A gastric emptying study is considered the gold standard to assess the gastric emptying rate. [47] A large number of studies have indicated that most cases of peptic ulcers, and gastritis, in humans are caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, and an association has been seen with the development of stomach cancer. [48]

  9. Preoperative fasting - Wikipedia

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    Gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying) may occur and is due to metabolic causes (e.g. poorly controlled diabetes mellitus), decreased gastric motility (e.g. due to head injury) or pyloric obstruction (e.g. pyloric stenosis). Delayed gastric emptying usually only affects the emptying of the stomach of high-cellulose foods such