Gastroparesis is a medical condition in which nerve or muscle gets damaged in the stomach that causes slow digestion and emptying, vomiting, nausea, or bloating.
Quick Facts
Quick Facts
- Also called delayed gastric emptying
- Reduces the capability of the stomach to vacant its contents
- Does not cause blockage/obstruction
- Weakens muscle contraction
- Slows down or sometimes completely stops the movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine
- Vagus nerve responsible for the movement of food gets damaged by some chronic illness or injury and the stomach muscles functionality gets disturbed
- Results in derisory grinding of food by the stomach, and reduced evacuating of food from the stomach into the intestine
- Best diagnosed by a test called a gastric emptying study
- Usually is treated with nutritional support, drugs for treating nausea and vomiting
