Hey everyone! And thanks for joining me on my blogging journey through gastroparesis. During the next couple of weeks, we will be walking through the fundamentals of this diagnosis starting with the definition and finishing with nursing treatment. I am writing this blog as a senior nursing student so my perspective will reflect this. Hopefully this blog is as helpful to you as it has been to me!
So why write a blog about gastroparesis? Two years ago I was diagnosed with gastroparesis. This disease process took a tremendous toll on my body and through this blog I will share some of the things I went through personally in combination with up to date medical information. Thank you for joining me on this journey and I hope it is helpful for you if you are walking through this process as well.
So lets talk definitions. Gastroparesis is a condition in which the spontaneous movement of the muscles in your stomach do not function normally. Normally, strong muscular contractions in the stomach move through the digestive tract. However, with gastroparesis, the motility in the stomach is poor or non-existent. Gastroparesis interferes with normal digestion and prevents the stomach from emptying normally.
Stay tuned for another post next week and a glimpse into my own story!
Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, and Bucher. Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and management of Clinical Problems. 9th edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier; 2014.
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