Diabetic Gastroparesis

Diabetic Gastroparesis: Introduction

Gastroparesis is a diabetic complication that occurs from neuropathy of the stomach nerve (called the "vagus nerve"). This causes digestive difficulties as the food starts to move too slowly through the stomach.

Symptoms of Diabetic Gastroparesis

• Mild early symptoms
• Nausea - especially if for prolonged periods (i.e. days)
• Vomiting
• Belching
• Feeling of fullness
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 16 symptoms of Diabetic Gastroparesis

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Diabetic Gastroparesis: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Diabetic Gastroparesis:

• Bezoars - tumor-like lumps from undigested food
• Stomach obstruction (see Digestive symptoms)
• Worsened diabetic blood sugar control (see Diabetes-like symptoms)
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Diabetic Gastroparesis

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Diagnostic Tests for Diabetic Gastroparesis

• Stomach emptying test - a radioactive meal that is tracked through your digestive tract.
• Barium x-ray
• Barium beefsteak meal
• Radioisotope gastric-emptying scan
• Gastric manometry
• more tests...»

See full list of 10 diagnostic tests for Diabetic Gastroparesis

Wrongly Diagnosed with Diabetic Gastroparesis?

• Misdiagnosis of Diabetic Gastroparesis
• Failure to diagnose Diabetic Gastroparesis
• Hidden causes of Diabetic Gastroparesis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Diabetic Gastroparesis

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Diabetic Gastroparesis: Undiagnosed Conditions

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• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
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  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
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• more undiagnosed conditions...»

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Misdiagnosis and Diabetic Gastroparesis

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Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate"...read more »

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Diabetic Gastroparesis: Rare Types

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• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
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  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
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Causes of Diabetic Gastroparesis

• Type 1 diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes - though gastroparesis is less common than for Type 1 diabetes
• Autonomic neuropathy
• Diabetes
• Diabetic neuropathy
• more causes...»

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• Diabetic Gastroparesis as a complication caused by other conditions
• Diabetic Gastroparesis as a symptom

Treatments for Diabetic Gastroparesis

• Diabetic blood sugar control
• Medications
  • Stomach contraction medications
  • Metoclopramide (Reglan)
  • Erythromycin - although an antibiotic, it also helps digestion
• more treatments...»

See full list of 15 treatments for Diabetic Gastroparesis

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Diabetic Gastroparesis

Medical research articles related to Diabetic Gastroparesis include:

• Botulinum toxin a for the treatment of delayed gastric emptying
• Clinical trial: a randomized-controlled crossover study of intrapyloric injection of botulinum toxin in gastroparesis.
• Clinical trial: effect of mitemcinal (a motilin agonist) on gastric emptying in patients with gastroparesis - a randomized, multicentre, placebo-controlled study
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 (Treatment)
• Percutaneous Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy
• Prolactin Deficiency (Treatment)
• Prokinetic Drugs
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (Treatment)
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Diabetic Gastroparesis

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Diabetic Gastroparesis: Broader Related Topics

• Autonomic nerve disorders
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• Diabetic neuropathy
• Digestive Diseases
• Chronic digestive diseases
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Article Excerpts about Diabetic Gastroparesis

Gastroparesis is a disorder in which the stomach takes too long to empty its contents. Gastroparesis is most often a complication of type 1 diabetes. At least 20 percent of people with type 1 diabetes develop gastroparesis. It also occurs in people with type 2 diabetes, although less often.

Gastroparesis happens when nerves to the stomach are damaged or stop working. The vagus nerve controls the movement of food through the digestive tract. If the vagus nerve is damaged, the muscles of the stomach and intestines do not work normally, and the movement of food is slowed or stopped.

Diabetes can damage the vagus nerve if blood glucose (sugar) levels remain high over a long period of time. High blood glucose causes chemical changes in nerves and damages the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to the nerves. (Source: excerpt from Gastroparesis and Diabetes: NIDDK)