short bowel syndrome Archives - Healthhype https://healthhype.com/tag/short-bowel-syndrome Current Health Articles on Symptoms, Diseases and Treatment Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:07:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://healthhype.com/wp-content/uploads/logoicon.png short bowel syndrome Archives - Healthhype https://healthhype.com/tag/short-bowel-syndrome 32 32 Diarrhea After a Surgery – Diet and Treatment https://healthhype.com/diarrhea-after-surgery-diet-treatment.html https://healthhype.com/diarrhea-after-surgery-diet-treatment.html#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:55:21 +0000 http://www.healthhype.com/?p=2759 Diarrhea from Bowel Surgery An abdominal (or other) surgery may trigger irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), derange the normal gut flora or cause a bowel infection, all of which may result in diarrhea. Dumping Syndrome (Rapid Gastric Emptying) Within 6 months after a partial or complete surgical removal of the stomach or damage of its exit (pylorus), rapid stomach emptying may develop: undigested food from the stomach quickly entering the duodenum may drag water from the intestinal vessels into the intestinal hollow and 10-60 minutes after a meal the following symptoms may appear: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, dizziness and rapid heartbeat. After 1.5-4 hours, some of affected persons may experience anxiety, weakness, tremor or hunger, supposedly due to drop of blood glucose by the following mechanism: a load of glucose, suddenly coming from the stomach, is quickly absorbed from the small intestine into the blood; this triggers release of large amount of insulin that enables glucose to enter into body cells, resulting in a rapid fall of blood glucose. Patients who start to avoid eating in a fear of symptoms, may start to lose weight. Patients with diabetes, gastric reflux or those who take a drug metoclopramide may be of greater risk to develop dumping syndrome (1). Diagnosis can be made from symptoms and a stomach emptying [...]

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