News Tagged ‘diabetes

Teenager finally finds relief from gastroparesis

Doctors said Gentrie Hansen’s uncontrollable bouts of nausea and were caused by bulimia, the eating disorder in which victims force themselves to throw up food they eat to keep from gaining weight. But 14-year-old Gentrie knew better. “The worst part of my whole sickness was people telling you ‘you have an eating disorder’ and you know something else is wrong and you really want your food,” she told the Today show.

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Patients with gastroparesis should weigh treatment options

Gastroparesis, also known as delayed gastric emptying, is a disorder that affects people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in which the stomach takes too long to empty its contents. It is caused when the vagus nerve to the stomach becomes damaged or stops working. When not working properly, this nerve is unable to send a message to the muscles that move food through the digestive tract, and food is either slowed or stopped in the process.

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