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Gastroparesis diet
Changing eating habits can help control gastroparesis. Sometimes, eating six smaller meals a day is more effective than eating three larger ones. Some physicians recommend several liquid meals a day until blood glucose levels are stable and gastroparesis is stable. Your physician may also recommend avoiding fatty and high-fiber foods, as these can slow
digestion and be difficult to digest. Diet is one of the mainstays of treatment for those who suffer from gastroparesis. Some foods are more difficult than others for the stomach to digest. Fatty foods take a longer time to digest, as do foods that are fibrous, like raw vegetables. People with gastroparesis should reduce their intake of fiber or avoid these foods. Fiber when eaten should be chewed well and cooked until soft. Food that is poorly digested can collect in the stomach and form what is called a bezoar. This mass of undigested matter may cause a blockage, preventing the stomach from emptying and result in nausea and pain. In such a case, it may be necessary to use endoscopic tools to break the bezoar apart and remove it. Fortunately, even when stomach emptying is significantly impaired, thick and thin liquids (e.g. pudding and nutrient drinks) are usually tolerated and can pass through the stomach. Many people with gastroparesis can live a relatively normal life with the aid of supplemental nutritional drinks, soft foods the consistency of pudding and by pureeing solid food in a blender. Feeding tubes placed in the small intestine (jejunostomy) may be required if gastric paralysis is severe and a person is unable to manage with a pureed or soft diet. These feeding tubes are usually placed endoscopically or surgically through the skin and directly into the small intestine. Before such a feeding tube is placed, a temporary nasal or oral jejunal feeding tube is usually tried for a few days to make sure the individual can tolerate this form of feeding into the small bowel. The temporary feeding tube is usually placed by guiding it through the nose or mouth, down the esophagus or “ food pipe”, through the stomach and finally into the small intestine with the aid of an endoscope. |
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More information on gastroparesis
What is gastroparesis? - Gastroparesis is a stomach disorder in which the stomach takes too long in emptying its contents. Gastroparesis happens when nerves to the stomach are damaged or stop working.
What causes gastroparesis? - The most common known cause of gastroparesis is diabetes. Other causes of gastroparesis include a prolonged post-viral syndrome, complications from stomach or ulcer surgery.
What are the symptoms of gastroparesis? - Symptoms of gastroparesis include bloating, nausea, early fullness while eating meals, heartburn, and epigastric pain.
What are the complications of gastroparesis? - Gastroparesis can make diabetes worse by adding to the difficulty of controlling blood glucose.
How is gastroparesis diagnosed? - A history of early satiety, bloating, nausea, regurgitation or vomiting with meals would normally prompt an evaluation to determine the cause of gastroparesis.
What are the treatments for gastroparesis? - Treatment of gastroparesis usually includes diet changes and medications. Gastroparesis is treated with medications that stimulate contractions of the stomach muscles.
Gastroparesis diet - Changing eating habits can help control gastroparesis. People with gastroparesis should reduce their intake of fiber or avoid these foods. |
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