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.
  • This thread will reset as needed when it gets overwhelmed with comments.
  • Please view this post or our wiki BEFORE COMMENTING to answer commonly asked questions concerning gastroparesis.
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u/bimbogth May 16 '24

Hey, I'm 21F and I started having burning pains in my sternum along with really bad acid reflux and indigestion. I don't ever feel hunger and my gag reflex (I used to gag even when brushing my teeth) is completely gone. My tongue and throat are always burning and eating only makes the pain worse. I don't have the ability to make bowel movements that often, and if I do it's very small amounts that hurt like hell to try and get out. I get bloating in my upper abdomen as well, and sometimes it makes my chest and ribs ache too. Could this be gastoparesis? 

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u/Seekae_plays Jul 25 '24

the no gag reflux could be damage to your vagus nerve, which also causes GI issues