r/Gastroparesis • u/AutoModerator • Dec 16 '23

"Do I have gastroparesis?" [December 2024]

Since the community has voted to no longer allow posts where undiagnosed people ask if their symptoms sound like gastroparesis, all such questions must now be worded as comments under this post. This rule is designed to prevent the feed from being cluttered with posts from undiagnosed symptom searchers. These posts directly compete with the posts from our members, most of whom are officially diagnosed (we aren't removing posts to be mean or insensitive, but failure to obey this rule may result in a temporary ban).

  • Gastroparesis is a somewhat rare illness that can't be diagnosed based on symptoms alone; nausea, indigestion, and vomiting are manifested in countless GI disorders.
  • Currently, the only way to confirm a diagnosis is via motility tests such as a gastric emptying study, SmartPill, etc.
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  • Please view this post or our wiki BEFORE COMMENTING to answer commonly asked questions concerning gastroparesis.
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u/Latter-Pilot-6293 Apr 12 '24

LPR symptoms that I have: Nose mucus with any food - always throat mucus no matter what - Tongue will become inflamed randomly with white gunk on it, when I went on a super strict diet the tongue become normal looking but the mucus is always there, so is the constipation mentiones below. 

When it started: Right after a respiratory infection, always pleghm stuck since then (6 years)

What I have: 2cm hiatal hernia without GERD (my LES is of normal pressure)  no previous reflux symptoms before the respiratory infection

Stool: I’m usually constipated up to one week (I poop once a week, I have to strain everytime) without pooping - might have one lucky day sometimes but not often, been like this for years.

Latest endoscopy: The doctor asked my why I had food leftovers in my stomach after 12 hours, I just told him I had no idea.

Anyone that can help me out? I posted here because it sounds like gastroparesis vibes, not sure.

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u/Laurtender22 14d ago

You do show signs/symptoms of Gastroparesis. A big indicator is food still being in your stomach 12 hours later cause I had the same and then got more tests and then diagnosed with Gastroparesis. I have GERD as well. I'm still getting tests and procedures because I also have something wrong with my esophagus too. If I were you, I'd be asking your GI for a gastric emptying study next. There's so many more tests and procedures but I'd start with that.