{"id":1129,"date":"2020-03-11T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:59:47","slug":"%e5%b9%b4%e8%bc%95%e5%a5%b3%e6%80%a7%e7%9a%84%e6%96%b0%e5%9e%8b%e6%ae%ba%e6%89%8b-%e8%83%83%e8%bc%95%e7%99%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/%e5%b9%b4%e8%bc%95%e5%a5%b3%e6%80%a7%e7%9a%84%e6%96%b0%e5%9e%8b%e6%ae%ba%e6%89%8b-%e8%83%83%e8%bc%95%e7%99%b1\/","title":{"rendered":"A new killer of young women \u2013 Gastroparesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1129\" class=\"elementor elementor-1129\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9ba469 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9ba469\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e37e6c\" data-id=\"6e37e6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d280fea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d280fea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1130\" alt=\"\u80c3\u8f15\u7671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-4-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f01294c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f01294c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44fe5a0\" data-id=\"44fe5a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb2858b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb2858b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In recent years, more and more girls and women in their 20s have been diagnosed with a mysterious stomach disease called gastroparesis. Although the cause is unknown, the number of cases doubles every year. Patients will feel numb and will feel uncomfortable every time they eat. The most common symptoms are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, feeling full and bloating after eating, so the patient will not want to eat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc72276 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc72276\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca99496\" data-id=\"ca99496\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee4ba33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee4ba33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>During normal stomach motility, nerve signals tell the stomach muscles when to contract. These muscles move food from the stomach to the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. But in gastroparesis, the nerves or muscles are damaged, causing bowel movements to slow down or stop altogether. Food cannot move properly from the stomach as a result. This delay in emptying may cause symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, may lead to malnutrition, the formation of bezoars (hard lumps of food) in the stomach, and may lead to other complications.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>At present, this disease is relatively unfamiliar to many people, but since 2014, the number of young women with gastroparesis in the United States has increased sharply, and the number of young women who need<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">treatment<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">for gastroparesis has doubled every year. Although the cause of gastroparesis remains undetermined, it may be caused by any of the following:<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ca1e6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ca1e6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99748c3\" data-id=\"99748c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8ae75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a8ae75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Diabetes<\/li><li>Treatments involving any digestive organs such as the stomach and internal organs<\/li><li>Certain medications, such as strong pain relievers (narcotics)<\/li><li>Certain conditions such as systemic scleroderma, Parkinson\u2019s disease, and thyroid disease<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6e2257 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6e2257\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7578311\" data-id=\"7578311\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94c882a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94c882a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How is gastroparesis diagnosed?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6109ea4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6109ea4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><strong><a href=\"\/en\/gastroscopy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gastroscopy (OGD)<\/a>(Upper endoscopy)<\/strong>\u00a0is used to examine the inside of the stomach and duodenum. The examination requires the use of an<a href=\"\/en\/endoscope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endoscope<\/a>, which uses a flexible tube-like telescope with a small camera at the end. Insert it from the mouth into the esophagus and into the tail and duodenum to examine the digestive tract, esophagus, stomach and duodenum (the first section of the small intestine).<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632f220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"632f220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Upper gastrointestinal GI examination (Upper gastrointestinal GI)<\/strong>\u00a0is a special X-ray examination. After taking soda ash orally, drinking barium, and then taking X-ray photography, the lumen of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum and small intestine can be clearly visualized, so that the peristalsis of the digestive tract can be observed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20d204e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20d204e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A gastric emptying scan<\/strong>\u00a0is a nuclear medicine test that measures how quickly food leaves the stomach. The test involves eating food containing a harmless radioactive substance (a tracer) and then having a stomach scan. The tracer will show clearly on the scan and show the movement of food in the stomach.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f963f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f963f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fac428\" data-id=\"3fac428\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e20e488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e20e488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The above information is for reference only. 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