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There are no available vaccines against dumping syndrome.
There are no available vaccines against dumping syndrome.
=== Screening measures ===
After exposure to risk factors causing dumping syndrome, certain screening measures can be taken.
The Sigstad score system is used to determine dumpers versus non-dumpers.<ref name="pmid14452070">{{cite journal |vauthors=JOHNSON LP, SLOOP RD, JESSEPH JE |title=Etiologic significance of the early symptomatic phase in the dumping syndrome |journal=Ann. Surg. |volume=156 |issue= |pages=173–9 |year=1962 |pmid=14452070 |pmc=1466323 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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| colspan="2" |'''Sigstad score'''
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|Shock
|<nowiki>+5</nowiki>
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|Fainting, syncope, unconsciousness
|<nowiki>+4</nowiki>
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|Desire to lie or sit down
|<nowiki>+4</nowiki>
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|Breathlessness, dyspnoea
|<nowiki>+3</nowiki>
|-
|Weakness, exhaustion
|<nowiki>+3</nowiki>
|-
|Sleepiness, drowsiness, apathy, falling asleep
|<nowiki>+3</nowiki>
|-
|Palpitation
|<nowiki>+3</nowiki>
|-
|Restlessness
|<nowiki>+2</nowiki>
|-
|Dizziness
|<nowiki>+2</nowiki>
|-
|Headaches
|<nowiki>+1</nowiki>
|-
|Feeling of warmth, sweating, pallor, clammy skin
|<nowiki>+1</nowiki>
|-
|Nausea
|<nowiki>+1</nowiki>
|-
|Abdominal fullness, meteorism
|<nowiki>+1</nowiki>
|-
|Borborygmus
|<nowiki>+1</nowiki>
|-
|Eructation
|−1
|-
|Vomiting
|}


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Effective measures for the primary prevention of dumping syndrome include preventing or avoiding surgery and preventing risk factor exposure. No vaccines are available for dumping syndrome.

Primary Prevention

Effective measures for the primary prevention of dumping syndrome include avoiding surgery, preventing risk factor exposure and a specific post-surgical diet.

There are no available vaccines against dumping syndrome.

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