Asymptomatic gastric retention in diabetics (gastroparesis diabeticorum)
P Kassander - Annals of internal medicine, 1958 - acpjournals.org
P Kassander
Annals of internal medicine, 1958•acpjournals.orgExcerpt The incidental discovery of unsuspected and asymptomatic gastric retention in
moderately severe diabetics led to a study of this condition. References to gastric retention
in diabetes are very scanty in current literature. Motility disturbances of the gastrointestinal
tract in general have always been a part of the symptomatology of diabetes mellitus.
Constipation and diarrhea, with or without anorexia and nausea, have been well known to
accompany diabetes." Diabetic diarrhea," nocturnal as well as diurnal, remains a severe …
moderately severe diabetics led to a study of this condition. References to gastric retention
in diabetes are very scanty in current literature. Motility disturbances of the gastrointestinal
tract in general have always been a part of the symptomatology of diabetes mellitus.
Constipation and diarrhea, with or without anorexia and nausea, have been well known to
accompany diabetes." Diabetic diarrhea," nocturnal as well as diurnal, remains a severe …
Excerpt
The incidental discovery of unsuspected and asymptomatic gastric retention in moderately severe diabetics led to a study of this condition. References to gastric retention in diabetes are very scanty in current literature.
Motility disturbances of the gastrointestinal tract in general have always been a part of the symptomatology of diabetes mellitus. Constipation and diarrhea, with or without anorexia and nausea, have been well known to accompany diabetes. "Diabetic diarrhea," nocturnal as well as diurnal, remains a severe complication. Marble1 was one of the first to suggest the possibility of a neurogenic origin for this syndrome.
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