Gastroparesis is the medical term used to indicate partial paralysis of the stomach .
This particular pathological condition determines the stagnation, at the gastric level, of the ingested food and a delay in the digestive process.
Not by chance the gastroparesis is also called delayed gastric emptying .
But what are the precise causes of gastroparesis?
To understand what causes gastroparesis, readers should be reminded that the passage of food between the stomach and intestines occurs by means of a muscular contraction of the stomach itself, induced by the vagus nerve .
According to the researchers, it is the vagus nerve that causes gastroparesis, which damages the contraction of the stomach and intestine muscles.
WHAT DETERMINES THE MALFUNCTION OF THE VAGUE NERVE?
Damage to the vagus nerve, a cause of gastroparesis, can occur for various reasons.
It can be a consequence of diabetic neuropathy, a typical complication of diabetes that alters the body's peripheral nervous system.
It can be a complication of some surgical operations, such as intervention for weight loss ( bariatric surgery ) or gastrectomy (partial or total removal of the stomach).
Finally, it may also be due to the use of certain pain-relieving drugs (opioids) and antidepressants, Parkinson's disease, scleroderma, bulimia, anorexia nervosa or amyloidosis.
IDIOPATHIC GASTROPARES
Gastroparesis is sometimes idiopathic . In medicine, a disease is called idiopathic when it arises without an identifiable reason.
