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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
History and Symptoms
The most common symptoms of gastroparesis are:[1]
- Chronic nausea in more than 90% patients.
- Vomiting (especially of undigested food of several hours)
- Early satiety in 60-86% and sensation of postprandial fullness.
- Abdominal pain/discomfort is present in more than half of the patients. Pain is epigastric or periumbilical, constant in nature, induced by eating, nocturnal and interfaring with sleep in most cases.[2]
Other symptoms include:
- Weight loss, malnutrition and dehydration may be prominent in severe cases though majority of gastroparesis cases are obese individuals.[3]
- Abdominal bloating/sensation of fullness
- Lack of appetite
- Heartburn due to gastroesophageal reflux
- Spasms of the stomach wall
References
- ↑ Soykan I, Sivri B, Sarosiek I, Kiernan B, McCallum RW (1998). "Demography, clinical characteristics, psychological and abuse profiles, treatment, and long-term follow-up of patients with gastroparesis". Dig Dis Sci. 43 (11): 2398–404. PMID 9824125.
- ↑ Cherian D, Sachdeva P, Fisher RS, Parkman HP (2010). "Abdominal pain is a frequent symptom of gastroparesis". Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 8 (8): 676–81. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2010.04.027. PMID 20472097.
- ↑ Parkman HP (2015). "Idiopathic gastroparesis". Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 44 (1): 59–68. doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2014.11.015. PMC 4324534. PMID 25667023.