dumping syndrome

Rapid gastric emptying

Dumping syndrome is a condition where food moves too quickly from the stomach into the small intestine, causing nausea, cramping, diarrhea, dizziness, and sweating.

It typically occurs after gastric surgery that removes or bypasses part of the stomach: She developed dumping syndrome after her gastric bypass and had to change her eating habits dramatically.

Opposites
gastric motility/emptying rate

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Impaired stomach motility disorder

digestive transit time

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Delayed nutrient absorption

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