Key points Epidemiological studies show that the incidence of gastroparesis in women is four times higher than men. Female sex hormones fluctuate during different hormonal stages including the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause raising the theory that differences in gonadal…
Although nausea, vomiting, early satiety, and postprandial fullness are the main symptoms of gastroparesis, abdominal pain can be a prominent symptom in some patients with gastroparesis. Treatment of abdominal pain in patients with gastroparesis can be particularly difficult, as often…
Gastroparesis is a heterogeneous syndrome with variable clinical manifestations. Some patients present with regurgitation-predominant symptoms suggestive of gastroesophageal reflux disease, but effortless regurgitation of undigested foods after meals and at night should suggest gastroparesis . Other patients may have prominent…
Introduction Idiopathic gastroparesis (IG) is defined as delayed gastric emptying with associated symptoms thereof without an identifiable cause. Although more than 90 possible causes of gastroparesis have been identified in the literature including case reports, the most common subsets are…
Introduction Gastroparesis is defined as slow emptying of the stomach with associated symptoms thereof in the absence of mechanical obstruction . Symptoms can vary but are focused on the postprandial time period and include fullness, bloating, early satiety, nausea, epigastric…