GASTROPARESIS- Causes, Signs and Symptoms- Thing's You Wish Your Doctors Would Have Told You.

Gastroparesis means paralysis of the stomach. It's a functional disorder affecting your stomach nerves and muscles. It makes your stomach muscle contractions weaker and slower than they need to be to digest your food and pass it on to your intestines. This leads to food sitting too long in your stomach.
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Gastroparesis Signs & Symptoms
The delayed stomach emptying that occurs with gastroparesis can cause a range of symptoms that can vary in severity. These include
Upper abdominal pain
Bloating
Nausea
Vomiting,
Acid reflux, heartburn, or regurgitation
Feeling full after eating only a little
Loss of appetite
Unintended weight loss
Some factors that can damage the vagus nerve and its branches and increase the risk of gastroparesis include
Diabetes or abnormal control of blood sugar since consistently high glucose can cause vagus nerve damage (autonomic neuropathy)
Surgery to the esophagus, stomach, or small intestine
Viral or bacterial infections,
Connective tissue diseases like scleroderma or lupus
Eating disorders including anorexia nervosa bulimia
Nervous system diseases such as Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis
Stroke
Hypothyroidism
Traumatic brain injury

[@Chahlie]

I had a terrible time with this...I could still taste food 10 or so hours after eating, was having mental confusion etc it was the most awful thing. Good luck getting anyone to listen :( I ended up doing an herbal kind of thing, but not until I had gone through my life savings, 2 years of not being able to work and honestly just wanted to end it all. Definitely is a wakeup call as far as trust and medical practitioners. I think mine started with intestinal covid, or a root canal.

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

Thanks for sharing! So much damage in our gut starts in our mouth. Think about it, we kill our oral micrbiome with mouth washes, ie listerine, antibiotics, chemicals used to fill cavaties. The oral micrbiome is the next frontier.

[@ripgt8663]

what kind of herbal kind of thing?

[@wordivore]

@@ripgt8663 ikr. There's a comment section full of people suffering, the OP apparently helped herself and then leaves us all hanging. That's effed up.

[@fredacharbel7510]

Please share your herbal remedies. Thanks

[@sailuvijl6621]

What herbs helped u may i know same situation

[@scottsmith6643]

Thanks so much for this. My wife suffers from this condition and she has said, that "this is no way to live" (I'm paraphrasing, she said something more disturbing). It's been recommended, by her Dr. that she get a pacemaker for her stomach. Surely this isn't the only option... Thanks, again, for this video. Cheers

[@thebigmann81]

I have a friend she said she wants to die. Even asked me to shoot her before. It terrible what makes it worse she has ibs as well

[@toshaenman1359]

I went in for a routine colonoscopy ended up with a blood infection and then left the hospital with gastroparesis was diagnosed with the nuclear stomach emptying test I have severe gastroparesis and I'm allergic to the medications to treat it currently get IV medication gravel and electrolytes but in the meantime my doctors have left me for 3 years I'm down to 83 lb with several other issues due to malnourishment and chronic dehydration. I am fearful I will die from this I'm 46 years old and this is totally destroyed my life I have contemplated on going to the states as I live in Canada I'm currently on a waiting list with hopes that they can do something for me before it's too late. I appreciate this video so much nobody seems to understand this condition 😢

[@ly________]

have you been to seen the doctors in Calgary? they have a gut motility centre there - hope it helps!

[@nachita0819]

🥲 You are a warrior, wow your story is incredible 😯 I'm so sorry ❤

[@user-ij5rq8hx1c]

what if a vibrant belt like the ones are used for getting slim. They will make your muscle to contract and cause digestion. I'm just giving ideas.

[@davidbell6164]

Have you tried prucalopride

[@sailuvijl6621]

OMG same thing happened to me

[@jackneals5585]

Just found this guy's channel. Fantastic stuff here. Great video with in depth info! Subscribed.

[@tbarnes6]

How do we test to see if our vagus nerve is working?

[@lindascott7644]

❤ Excellent video .. very informative.. Thank you..

[@Emm831]

Thank you for this video. So informative!. ❤ I have seen several doctors in Finland and gotten no help. Do you take international patients remotely/telemedicine?

[@jorty.]

I heard from other doctors like Dr Berg that B1 deficiency can cause such as well.

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

Very possible. B vitamins are incredibly important for health. Its more than B12

[@HelgatheHorriblez]

My daughter was diagnosed with gastroparesis (92% full after 4.5 hours while on the liquid stage of her GES) at 2 years old. She ended up with a GJ tube. She also has severe food allergies (Eggs, diary, soy, peanuts, and wheat)and severe hypoglycemia (she drops to the 30s if off feeds for longer than an hour so she's on CGM and 22 hour a day feeds) she has eospinaphilic esophagitis and had H.Pylori (we treated when she had her last (2nd time this year) GI bleed in March). She's now almost. 4. She goes for her repeat GES on Monday. We are hoping that there's been improvement so she can start feeding therapy (she had a laryngeal cleft repaired last year and is still on honey-thick liquids) at the hospital's day program at the same time she would be starting preschool. ***Fingers crossed!!!***

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

thanks for sharing your story. Always heartbreaking when you seen young children off to a bad start.

[@HelgatheHorriblez]

@@DrRichardHagmeyer her doctor called me Saturday to let me know her liquid phase GES was normal! She’s not out of the woods yet- there likely are still issues with solids- but she is cleared to start the hospital’s day school this fall on time for preschool. Her referral is in for this fall.

[@shanzashai7997]

Give her glutamine and Aloe juice and clove tea with honey

[@tbunnyshy1]

Unfortunately I have several issues. I had MALS, which affected my stomach and pancreas. My celiac artery is now a zigzag and there is an aneurysm below it. Then I had an incisional hernia repair with mesh. Fast forward another year, my stomach and small intestine feel very slow and there’s lots of noise and painful bloating. Waiting for ctscan results. Thank you for the video.

[@seagirl1100]

Had a celiac bypass and now hernia in the incision location. Now signs of gastroparesis. It’s life altering to deal with these issues.

[@kristanienorris5861]

Im getting tested soon hoping to have my awnser

[@RubyRedDances]

SIBO is not yeast. It’s in the name: small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Yeast and bacteria are from different domains. Yeast is a eukaryote, bacteria are prokaryotes.

[@maureenshannon1159]

I am getting low blood pressure chest pain breathing issues laying down. I was diagnosed being pre-diabetic. Does all this stuff related to Gastroparesis?

[@cocobonner9727]

Would you please discuss Pyloric Stenosis?

[@Koda_Grey]

I’m on an NJ feeding tube. I can barely swallow water. I’m in severe pain and have horrible nausea. I passed my gastric emptying test, but I’ve read studies that say gastric emptying can change by the day. I still don’t have a diagnosis and the hospital refuses to let me get a GJ tube until they get one. Yet they don’t know what is wrong with me. They say my case is complicated since I was born prematurely and have Septo Optic Dysplasia. Therefore I have underdeveloped optic nerves, pituitary gland, hypothalamus, and corpus callosum. I was also adopted from a poor country and when I came to the US my adoptive parents said I had parasites in my digestive system. I don’t know if that did lasting damage or affects anything. Do you have any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@Dulcimerist]

I wish my doctor had known about Mestinon (Pyridostigmine) as an inexpensive treatment option for gastroparesis. This medication has changed my life, and doesn't have the side effects that the usual gastroparesis medications have.

[@ritaakers4499]

Thank you Dr Hagmeyer for this information. I have Gastroparesis and am only able to have a bowel movement when I take a laxative. And I’ve been doing that for months and months! The first medication I was put on was Linzess. It was the middle strength, 145 mcg. It made my stomach feel better, but it did not “move” me. They were going to up it to the strongest dose, but it was too expensive could not keep that up month after month. So they have now put me on Lubiprostone (generic Amitiza). It’s not moving me either and the side effects are not pleasant! I know my problem is caused because of the 2 hiatal hernia surgeries I’ve had in the past and then in Oct 2022 had abdominal hernia surgery. They put mesh in about size of typing paper. Those plus stress. But I am researching trying to find information that will help me. So your video has encouraged me. Also the comment from Dulcimerist. After reading about side effects with that drug that helped him, a bit hesitant, would like something more natural, less awful side effects. But one gets to a point where they will do almost anything!

[@ly________]

my doctor prescribed this to me for my gastroparesis! i've been on domperidone and prucalopride ... do you find the pyridostigmine has less side effects than these?!

[@Dulcimerist]

@@ly________ I can't handle Domperidone, due to bad side effects and a near lethal reaction to a different medication in that class of drugs. Domperidone can be really nasty stuff. I haven't tried Prucalopride, but I've heard good things about it.

[@davidbell6164]

​@@ly________prucalopride was too harsh, had to cut a tablet of 2mg in quarters and I reckon I lost weight on it

[@sailuvijl6621]

I took other stuff which caused severe side effects

[@HollyTeasley-ws3lw]

I very much liked your video. I have gastroparesis as well as a hiatal hernia. You gave me some pointers about how to go about this my doctor has me on pantoprazole. I have noticed that I have gained weighed not lost weight with this condition though. I do not have diabetes so I am trying to figure out how to control my stomach bloating.

[@user-ij5rq8hx1c]

this pantoprazole inhibits hci of the stomach. Are you sure it is the right medication???

[@meechie69Official]

SAME HERE.. except for now I think I’m gonna start losing weight because I’ve gotten to the point where I just don’t want to eat. I’ve been drinking meal supplements and having a lot of soup. There are a few things you can do. Mainly your diet is a big thing. Eliminate caffeine take vitamin B one as it helps with the acid in your stomach, which believe it or not you need. Even if you suffer from heartburn, I also try to stay away from all process foods make homemade snacks, etc. eat six small meals a day if you can and try not to eat at least three hours before you go to bed. And every time you do eat, try to get a little bit of exercise in❤ hope this helps. I’ve been suffering for two years.

[@amberv1829]

Hi Holly, same here. Same meds, and I've gained weight as well. Even though I get full fast, I have hunger pangs which isn't that muscle contraction? This condition really sucks!

[@thisisforever21]

SAME HERE! It started about a year ago and I have been to the ER multiple times, multiple specialists, and I've been diagnosed with a hiatal hernia as well as GERD, and put on pantoprazole as well, but it is not helping. I am constantly nauseated, bloated, and I just belch incessantly, even when I haven't had anything to eat. This last flare happened 3 nights ago, and I haven't been able to each much since. I'm so desperate for relief. Did any of you find anything that worked?

[@user-ij5rq8hx1c]

@@thisisforever21 did you have a surgery that might caused gastroparesis??

[@rachelscott5412]

I have Gastroperisis!

[@user-cs8bd8sf1j]

They think MS has caused my gastroparesis. It never occurred to me that MS could cause that but it makes sense as down to nerves.

[@champion3957]

How much it takes to heal?

[@kathleendillon1572]

Can I become a patient?

[@Elizaflower]

Any keystone concepts connecting chronic migraine with gastroparesis? My spouse has had migraines all her life, then found her "Sliver Bullet" - a monoclonal antibody cgrp-inhibitor (Emgality) which is injectable once per month and at least on paper shouldn't be causing any side effects. Fast forward 6 months and she has gastroparesis. She's non-diabetic, great blood pressure, no blood sugar issues, no constipation. Could also be the gastroparesis is from a stomach bug we got a month before symptoms appeared, but I do wonder if there is a connection through the Vagus nerve. Any thoughts?

[@annarosse2561]

Excelent information. Thank you. For last 3 years i have no diagnosis for my kind of nausea with belching and kind of lack of coordinantion and stability. My walking is affected. Usualy it comes together, stays for several hours. More often it happens when i am hungry. After food it is better for a while. Can it be gastroparesis? I had many tests done: colonoskopy, endoskopy, mri of brain, many neurological tests and nothing specific. A smal neuropathy ... some changes in the brain which are normal for my age .. is it possible that it is gastoparesis?

[@serilda6268]

you are describing me. Were you able to you find any answers??

[@BJ-bc7sl]

Have you ever had a tick? Lyme and tick borne pathogens can cause these symptoms. If you think this is your issue find an ILADS physician to help you.

[@annarosse2561]

I dont know if i had a thick, but I had IGG Western Blot test positive. IGM was negative. Doctor gave me antibiotics for 2 weeks. Neurologist told me that Lyme disease can't cause this kind of symptoms. Where is the truth? What is the full name of the doctor who is taking care of Lyme? Thank you very much.

[@annarosse2561]

Recently the neurologist diagnosed me with possible PPPD. Still I need some confirmation. But what caused PPPD? Lyme disease doesn't list these kind of symptoms.

[@BJ-bc7sl]

@@annarosse2561 Tick pathogens can cause all kinds of symptoms. Two weeks on antibiotics doesn’t work. You need supplements to build up your body to help fight the tick pathogens since they’re hiding in connective tissues and cysts. Go to the ILADS website and find a properly trained medical physician or naturopathic doctor in your area. Most doctors that aren’t trained in treating tick borne illnesses. Most doctors will tell you once you’re treatment with antibiotics for two weeks then your fine but it’s NOT true. You need antibiotics and supplements.

[@gglee313]

I have hashimoto's disease and it really started acting up and then right after that I got diagnosed with GP. Can you please tell me what I can do about this could the hashimoto's disease be causing it? I am diabetic but I have always controlled my diabetes myself they think it's from diabetes I don't I think it's due to the hashimoto's can hashimotos give you gastrophoresis? I also had COVID in right after COVID I started getting these symptoms to where I couldn't eat much hardly anymore.

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

Hi there! Reach out to my clinic at www.DrHagmeyer.com

[@ripgt8663]

My wife was just diagnosed with this in the last weeks and not sure what has brought it on . The only thing that we can thing of is she had her Gal Bladder removed 10 yrs ago, but would it take that long for this problem to pop up after that type of surgery. I have also read in my limited research prescription and and over the counter sleeping pills could cause this. My wife has been taking sleeping pills for decades for her problems sleeping, she has also be prescribed antidepressants on and off over the years . She was told this is no cure and no surgery but one to do for this condition and it doesn't work and that is having a pump put in for her stomach but it doesn't work very well and most people end up having it removed because it doesn't work. She has lost close to 30 lbs in the past month and half because she basically living off slim fast drinks and mashed potatoes. Any help would be appreciated thank you.

[@shashwatagnihotri4716]

Try banana shake and Try gram flour chapattis/tortillas with mashed seasoned potatoes......along with medication

[@ameliacarter4376]

what about slow peristalsis in the lower GI.. I do EVERYTING I should do for normal functioning like what I eat, fiber, pro and prebiotics, supplements... nothing ! my stomach empties out well just seems to pause after it gets past the small bowel. I am fixin to try some CBO protocol from a doc I watch on KZbin. I am beside myself. I'm 2 years post menopause and feel that's what it has to do with. I did a Food sens test and I have cut that out. still nothing. I drink alot of water too.. I'm telling u I am one hell of a challenge. I have low stress too... easy job, easy money! oh I have hashimotos but it's controlled.

[@patricianoll1229]

Work for me , when u get up one glass warm water immediately after cold one

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

There’s a few things worth exploring. The relationship between sex hormones and motility, and the relationship between Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and your sex hormones. Check out some of the other videos on my channel that elaborate on both these topics. There’s no one cause and each “cause” needs to be addressed.

[@elyenarollins9052]

My pituitary gland was removed when I was 9 because of a golf ball size brain tumor. All my hormones are replaced with medication. And although I have GERD, IBS, and Gastroparesis I weigh over 300 lbs. My friends don't understand why I weigh so much because I simply don't eat enough to be normal. Then I throw up what I do eat with diarrhea. I think I have had gastroparesis my whole life. I usually go to ER about every 2 weeks for IV fluids because of chronic vomiting/diarrhea that won't stop. I barely can differentiate the difference between hunger and nausea most of the time. Do you have any advice? Also, can a pinched nerve cause damage to the vagal nerve?

[@teresecovey9069]

What can be done when someone has had their vagus nerve surgically severed? The doctors purposely did that to him. They said there was “too much acid being produced”. Personally, I would sue those doctors for cutting the vagus nerve! Can the nerve be reattached? Is there anything else that can be done?

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

@@teresecovey9069 sounds like a tough situation. Not sure anything can be done. Always important to get a 2nd and 3rd opinion when doing something that can’t be “undone”

[@teresecovey9069]

@@DrRichardHagmeyer Thank you for responding. Unfortunately, it was performed in a medical emergency. They thought he would die.

[@mahmudatasfia2162]

Does antidepressants cause gastroparesis?

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

They can

[@BB-ux5wd]

How many small meals should you have ?

[@fredacharbel7510]

4-6 meals and don’t drink liquid with meals. Have your water or liquid half an hour before or after your meal, Also small size liquid meals and no more than a cup to cup an half at a time. and continue sipping all day to help constipation.

[@samhartford8677]

Hi Dr. Hagmeyer! Sorry, not helpful. Over 50s here, been suffering with POTS (hyperadrenic & hypermobility (both likely genetic, not EDS)) since childhood (as in constipation since two-weeks old and not knowing that not going for several days and weeks was not normal). I always had trouble digesting, with bowel movements, with sleeping, with anger management and allergies and asthma (the latter having turned into MCAS on certain triggers in my 50s). After four decades of high performance in working life - albeit on betablockers in my 30s and calcium blockers as a try (unsuccessful) in my 40s, it all stopped working for me in my early 40s. I've been practically an invalid for a decade now. At some point I started vomiting and eating became even more impossible than before. Working full-time had become impossible a couple years earlier than I started vomiting regularly. I know I had SIBO, having gone through excessive anti-acid medication for 1.5 years in my late 20s after a stomach ulcer caused by inflammatory medication needed for severe, disability causing repetitive strain injury in hands because of typing. Similar strain injuries in other muscles present, such as in lower legs and feet later without any actual strain. SIBO was evident because of massive 'explosions' of gas in the gut at 5 am that I always used to wake up for up to a decade. I took natural remedies for this for years and these symptoms have gone away (wild oregano oil, garlic & berberin capsules at least 15 courses weeks/months apart). Yet, eating is still a problem. The strain injuries remain as well as inflammation related joint pains caused by the silliest extortion. And sleeping problems and other dysautonomic symptoms like incontinence and intermittent nerve pains likely to be caused by the hypermobile spine (diagnosed over 30 years ago manifesting in consistent feeling of mosquito like 'bites' all over for hours, like minutes of incredible nerve pain in one spot or days of numbness in one spot). Now the problem is eating carbohydrates or even below normal European volumes of food (1.5 dl is what I can take basically at max). I cant walk or stand up after eating for hours. I can't eat carbs if I want to do anything even mental and walking or other regular physical activity always requires an empty stomach in order not to vomit anything of substance. I will still heave without bringing anything up though. Carbs put me to sleep, as in if I eat 2-3 slices of low carb bread, I'm done for hours. I can manage 1 slice of rye bread if I don't move or drink anything that adds weight to the stomach for 30-60 min. Otherwise my heart rate elevates to levels where it causes inefficiency and lactic acid in muscles, I get exhausted and my body just puts me into sleep. (It comes handy when I suffer (from medically diagnosed) insomnia though... -- Eat a little and fall into a carb coma.) Now, I know you have little to give me regarding medical advice. I've got a Ph.D. and I can read the medical journals. There is just not enough knowledge. All I wanted to do was to contribute towards your knowledge about the spectrum of gastroparesis sufferers. I used to think it was just lactose intolerance in the 1990s and 2000s, but it was not. In the past two years I could not go for 6 weeks -- twice. The first caused by calcium channel blockers ( I also stopped sleeping for 3 weeks) and then the next year caused by the heat.

[@richardwood6017]

I am diabetic, have gastroparesis, bowel movement every 5 days, age 71, and found that amphetamines fixed it all. ??

[@mandyrison7242]

Amphetamine like what? Just curious as I am at my wits end.

[@trbphotography11]

Question please. So what actually causes the full feeling. I feel full without even eating anything. Thanks

[@Mznaturalmocha]

So do I

[@fredacharbel7510]

It’s the old food that still in the stomach and hadn’t moved to the small intestine. And that what will cause all our symptoms.

[@brendabolin7178]

I have gastroparesis and have a Enterra stimulator

[@JoseGarcia-kb6uw]

Has the Enterra stimulator helped you?

[@carolinecaroline3282]

My daughter developed gastroparesis as a result of Juvenile Diabetes. Long story short … I wish I would’ve known about the vagus nerve being involved. This doctor is extremely knowledgeable, unlike my daughter’ that ended up divorcing her! She received the enterra gastric pacer as the 2nd recipient at Baylor University Medical center back around 2003. It saved her life initially, as she was like you, malnourished and underweight. The gastric pacer worked about 60% of the time, until it needed new batteries 7 years in. After that, her gastric pacer stopped working and she lived in agony the rest of her life. She was 23 years old when she got the pacer and passed away at 41 years of age. It bought her time and she remarried when she was 25 years old to the love of her life and they had a beautiful baby girl that’s graduating in a couple of weeks. It’s not perfect, but it’s about the only option for people with severe gastroparesis. I hope that this is helpful to you and I pray for all that are suffering with gastroparesis.❤

[@poketamchenry7691]

I would love to know the same

[@ninadperiodon]

low stomach acid is the main cause for gastroparesis. Try betaine Hcl in combination with pancreatic enzymes Don't forget bile salts. you will be fine. Add vitamin B1.

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Dulcimerist]

Diabetes is the most common cause of gastroparesis, according to facts.

[@nachita0819]

I just got all of that from Dr Berg

[@sailuvijl6621]

Which 1 u suggest

[@annarosse2561]

No. It is atill up and down.

[@anthonylang4820]

How to cure diabetes in 3 days, interesting book written by doctors from India, high nitric oxide breakfast is part of what i read.

[@DrRichardHagmeyer]

Sounds like a gimmick if you ask me. Your not curing anything in 3 days.