Dumping syndrome, also known as rapid gastric evacuation syndrome, occurs due to the rapid passage of food into the stomach and small intestine before food is completely digested during digestion, after about 20 minutes, an hour after eating.
This syndrome can be a postoperative complication of bariatric surgery, such as gastric bypass surgery or gastric sleeve, but it can also occur in people with diabetes with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, for example.
- To alleviate the symptoms of dumping syndrome it is essential to avoid the consumption of fast-absorbing carbohydrates.
- Such as: sugar.
- Industrialized foods high in sugar and fats.
- Soft drinks.
- Candies.
- White bread.
- Pasta.
- Among others.
- Your doctor may consider taking medications with a gastric vacancy or performing surgery to resolve the problem.
Symptoms that occur in dump syndrome may be immediately after eating late, such as:
The most common symptoms of dumping syndrome appear immediately after 10-20 minutes of food intake, including: feeling of heaviness in the abdomen, nausea, and vomiting; later, other symptoms such as bloating and abdominal pain, gas, cramps and diarrhea may appear.
High-sugar foods, such as sweet intake of food-rich corners, usually cause symptoms to change more quickly.
Late symptoms of dumping syndrome that may appear 1 to 3 hours after eating:
Perspiration;
Anxiety and irritability;
Burger;
Weakness and fatigue;
Dizziness;
Tremors;
Difficulty concentrating
These late symptoms occur because the small intestine cannot tolerate the presence of sugar, causing the release of large amounts of insulin, causing hypoglycemia.
In these cases, the patient should stop the activity, sit down and treat hypoglycemia immediately to avoid withdrawal. Know what to do and how to treat hypoglycemia.
Treatment of dumping syndrome begins with a nutritionist adjusting the patient’s diet to reduce discomfort caused, as it is important to reduce the consumption of simple sugars, sweets, soft drinks and foods containing them, which is also easy to absorb, ingestion could cause the onset of this syndrome.
However, it may also be necessary to use medicines that recover food from the stomach to the intestine, reducing glucose and insulin spikes after meals, will prevent the signs and symptoms associated with this.
In more severe cases, when symptoms are not controlled by diet or medications, esophageal surgery may be needed to strengthen the heart, which is the muscle between the esophagus and the first part of the intestine. In these cases, at the surgery station, the person may need to be fed with a tube inserted into the abdomen until the intestine is called a yyyunostomy. He knows more about this type of nutrition.
It is important for the person to help the doctor when
You have signs and symptoms of dumping syndrome and no bariatric surgery;
You have permanent symptoms, including following the instructions of the gastroenterologist and nutritionist;
Shows rapid weight loss
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