Gastroparesis Complications

Complications of gastroparesis

• Bezoars are hard undigested food in the stomach, a solid mass of hard undigested food that is similar to a hairball in a cat. Bezoars are likely to cause nausea and vomiting and may be life-threatening if they prevent food from passing into your small intestine.
• Blood glucose control, Gastroparesis can make diabetes worse by making blood glucose control more difficult. Because of delayed stomach emptying and entry into the small intestine, the glucose absorption is unpredictable; person’s blood glucose levels can be erratic and difficult to control.
• Weight loss and malnutrition, delayed stomach emptying affects the body's ability to digest and absorb nutrients effectively. Bacterial overgrowths can also contributing to poor absorption, the dangerous growth of harmful microorganisms that inhabit the gut. These organisms usually are kept in check by beneficial bacteria, but food fermentation in the stomach disrupts the balance of good and bad bacteria.