What Causes Gastric Dumping Syndrome?
In order to deal properly with gastric dumping syndrome we need to understand and — if possible — remove the underlying causes and risk factors.
We need to ask: "What else is going on inside the body that might allow gastric dumping syndrome to develop?"
Diagnose your symptoms now!
- understand what's happening to your body
- check your overall health status
- identify any nutritional deficiencies
Accurate diagnosis of the factors behind gastric dumping syndrome consists of three steps:
Step 1: List the Possible Causative Factors
Identify all disease conditions, lifestyle choices and environmental risk factors that can lead to gastric dumping syndrome. For example, bariatric surgery complications.
Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist
Identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause.
Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause
A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of gastric dumping syndrome.
Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis
The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.
Have you been diagnosed with Rapid Gastric Emptying, in which food leaves the stomach too soon, before it is properly digested? This is also known as Gastric Dumping.
Possible responses:
→ Don't know
→ No, it has been ruled out
→ It is suspected but not confirmed
→ Occasional problem, confirmed
→ Frequent problem, confirmed
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Based on your response to this question, which may indicate absence of gastric dumping, possible gastric dumping or confirmed gastric dumping,
The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as
Bariatric Surgery Complications. Gastric dumping is more common in bariatric surgery patients who are severely obese.
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