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Gastroparesis history and symptoms
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The hallmarks of gastroparesis are nausea and vomiting. A positive history of diabetes mellitus, Parkinson’s disease, or collagen vascular disorders is suggestive of gastroparesis. Other common symptoms of gastroparesis include early satiety, abdominal pain and bloating.
History and Symptoms
History and Symptoms
The hallmarks of gastroparesis are nausea and vomiting. A positive history of diabetes mellitus, Parkinson’s disease, or collagen vascular disorders is suggestive of gastroparesis. Other common symptoms of gastroparesis include early satiety, abdominal pain and bloating.[1][2][3]
History
Patients with gastroparesis may have a positive history of:
- Diabetes mellitus
- Surgery on gastrointestinal tract
- Physical and sexual abuse in female patients
- Parkinson’s disease
- Collagen vascular disorders
Common symptoms
Common symptoms of gastroparesis include:
- Chronic nausea (more than 90% of patients)
- Vomiting (especially of undigested food of several hours)
- Early satiety and sensation of postprandial fullness (in 60-86% of patients)
- Abdominal pain (in 50% of patients) which is:[4]
- Epigastric or periumbilical
- Constant
- Nocturnal
- Induced by eating
- Bloating
Less common symptoms
Patients might present with following symptoms in severe cases:
- Weight loss
- Malnutrition
- Dehydration
- Lack of appetite
- Heartburn due to gastroesophageal reflux
- Spasms of the stomach wall
References
References
- ↑ Nguyen, Linda Anh; Snape, William J. (2015). “Clinical Presentation and Pathophysiology of Gastroparesis”. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 44 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2014.11.003. ISSN 0889-8553.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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