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Dumping syndrome

What is it?

When food moves to quickly (rapid gastric emptying) from the stomach to the intestines (abdomen).

  • Symptoms are more noticeable when one has a high sugary (glucose) meal, this is mainly because if too much food enters the intestine quickly, our body reacts and produces insulin and cause sugar to move out of our blood and into our organs causing  hypoglycemia symptoms.

Dumping syndrome is broken down into two types:

Early dumping syndrome

  • Symptoms occurring within 10 to 30 minutes following a meal.

Late dumping syndrome

  • Symptoms occur two to three hours following a meal.
  • The majority of persons experience ‘early dumping syndrome’ while few persons experience  ‘late dumping syndrome’ .
  • It’s rare to experience both ‘early and late dumping syndromes’ together.

Cause

  • High sugary foods
  • Large meals

Treatments

  • Oesophageal surgery
  • Remove part of stomach or all of stomach surgery
  • Gastric bypass surgery
  • Those who have had ‘weight loss’ related surgery

Symptoms

[Symptoms occur after 10 minutes to 30 minutes (early dumping) and/or one to  three hours after eating because the body releases a large amount of insulin in the intestines (late dumping)]

  • Feeling bloated or too full after eating?
  • Abdominal pain and/or are constant violently vomiting or vomiting longer than two days (one day if a child)?
  • Diarrhoea?
  • Skin flushing (red face)?
  • Blushing of face or skin?
  • Balance and dizziness problems?
  • Light headedness?
  • Rapid heart rate and/or irregular heartbeat?
  • Sweating?
  • Difficult to concentrate/memory problems?
  • General discomfort (muscle weakness), uneasiness or ill feeling (malaise) and/or fatigue (tiredness)?

Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:

This condition can show symptoms of:

Do

  • Eat six small meals a day
  • Chew your food thoroughly
  • Choose to eat complex carbohydrates
  • Increase your protein intake
  • Choose to eat healthy fats
  • Your healthcare professional may advice to increase your fibre intake (to help to reduce sugar absorption and reduce symptoms).

Don’t

  • Drink fluids during meals
  • Drink fluids for 30 minutes after meals
  • Eat foods that contain sugar or refined carbohydrates​​
  • Consume dairy product

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This condition can lead to:

  • Weight loss (as persons try to avoid eating)
  • Malnutrition (as persons avoid eating and do not absorb food, protein and sugars properly)

Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice

Detailed Information

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