What is Gastroparesis?

What is Gastroparesis

Gastroparesis means “partial paralysis of the stomach” and is a serious stomach related disease that does not allow your stomach to digest food and empty it properly. Gastroparesis can damaged nerves and muscles and therefore they do not function with their normal strength and coordination. Because of this, it reduces the movement of the contents …

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Gastroparesis Holiday Eating Guide

The winter holidays are a time for friends, family…and food. All year round, gastroparesis suffers must be wary of how much, when, and what they eat. Gastroparesis is a disorder that interferes with proper food digestion. During the eating-centric winter holidays, with plenty of tasty temptations an arm’s length away, people with gastroparesis must remain …

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Gastroparesis Essentials (INFOGRAPHIC)

Normally, the stomach normally empties in 1½ to 2 hours after eating a meal. When you have gastroparesis, your stomach takes a lot longer to empty. The delay results in disrupted digestion and some uncomfortable symptoms. In most cases the cause of gastroparesis is unknown. We lay out the essential information about gastroparesis in this …

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Gastroparesis 101

Gastroparesis, also called delayed gastric emptying, is a disorder that disrupts digestion. Literally, it translates to “stomach paralysis”. Normally, stomach muscles contract to break up food and move it along through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to the small intestine. Gastroparesis causes abnormal movement of the muscles in the stomach, which slows or stops the movement of …

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