Small stomach syndrome

Introduction Small stomach syndrome refers to the significant reduction of gastric cavity volume in patients after gastrectomy, and the fact that each meal is eaten very little, leading to symptoms such as fullness after eating, middle and upper abdominal pain, and vomiting.

Cause

The essence of the small stomach syndrome is that the residual stomach is too small to complete the function of storing, grinding, decomposing and digesting food in the normal stomach, resulting in chronic nutritional disorders.

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Every meal is eaten very little, leading to symptoms such as fullness after eating, middle and upper abdominal pain, and vomiting.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis

Delayed gastric emptying: Diabetes can easily lead to delayed gastric emptying. Among the gastrointestinal neuropathy caused by diabetes, gastroparesis caused by diabetes is a common complication of diabetic patients, and it is a clinical syndrome characterized by low gastric motility caused by gastric autonomic dysfunction secondary to diabetes. Including: nausea, early satiety, feeling of fullness in the upper abdomen after meals, belching, loss of appetite, vomiting, upper abdominal pain, stomach retention or solid food emptying due to indigestion to form stomach stones, and can lead to weight loss.

Poor gastrointestinal motility: Normal gastrointestinal motility plays an important role in the digestion and absorption of food. When the gastrointestinal motility is poor, it can cause indigestion. Gastrointestinal motility treatment of gastrointestinal motility drugs can promote peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, thereby reducing the symptoms of bloating.

Spleen and stomach do not agree: the spleen and stomach do not match the name of the card. Do not think about food, eat and not easy to digest the main symptoms. "Ming medics refer to the palm": "If the spleen is not harmonious, then the food will not be eaten; if the stomach is not, then it will not be eaten. If the spleen and stomach are not harmonious, then it will not be thought of and not. Or spit, or diarrhea, or fullness, or swallow acid, Or suffocating, or nausea, using the soup in the treatment. The spleen is not harmonious, do not like food and can not eat, squeezing two Chen Tang, sputum pills; stomach disharmony, Pingwei scattered."

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