Gastric Emptying Study Center - Moreno Valley, CA
Moreno Valley Gastroenterologist Doctors for Gastric Emptying StudyType of Physician: Gastroenterologist What is a Gastroenterologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners focus on the stomach, intestines, colon, liver, and gallbladder (digestive organs). The gastroenterologist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer, and jaundice and they consult with surgeons when abdominal operations are indicated. Specialty: Gastroenterology Common Name: GI Doctor Gastroenterologist Doctors in Moreno Valley * Yogendra Patel MD  LLUHC Gastroenterology & Hepatology  LLUHC Gastroenterology & Hepatology  LLUHC Gastroenterology & Hepatology  LLUHC Gastroenterology & Hepatology  LLUHC Gastroenterology & Hepatology  LLUHC Gastroenterology & Hepatology  Garde Patel & Chen MDs  Garde Patel & Chen MDs  LLUHC Transplant Hepatology  Garde Patel & Chen MDs  Ravi Thiruvengadam MD  Benjamin Chung MD  Galen Huang MD  Vinod Mishra MD FACG  The Office of Dr Stanisai  The Office of Dr Stanisai  The Office of Dr Stanisai  The Office of Dr Stanisai  Rakesh Chopra MD  Rakesh Chopra MD  San Bernardino Medical Group  J Robert Evans MD  Beaver Medical Group Highland  Beaver Medical Group Highland  Beaver Medical Group Highland  Beaver Medical Group Highland  Molinari Politoske & Roy MDs  Molinari Politoske & Roy MDs  Molinari Politoske & Roy MDs  S R Nakka MD & Joungser Hong MD  S R Nakka MD & Joungser Hong MD  Mai-Ching Chien MD  Inland Empire Gastro Medical Group  Inland Empire Gastro Medical Group  Inland Empire Gastro Medical Group  Ajeet R Singhvi MD  Milan Chakrabarty MD  Temecula Valley Digestive Disease Consultants AMC  Temecula Valley Digestive Disease Consultants AMC  Chuang T Hung MD  John J Kim MD  Sudhir K Reddy MD  Dwaraknath Reddy, MD  Umesh Shah MD  Kevin Jenkins DO  Krishan K Malhotra MD  Jason H Shin MD  Mission Internal Medical Group  Mission Internal Medical Group  Mission Internal Medical Group  Mission Internal Medical Group  Ali A Oliai MD  Poneh Rahimi MD  J Frank Arguello MD  Pacific Gastroenterology  Shahram Javaheri MD  Mission Internal Medical Group  South Orange County Gastroenterology  Gastrointestinal Healthcare of Orange County  Orange County Gastroenterology  Orange County Gastroenterology  Rose T Codini MD  Saddleback Medical Group  Saddleback Medical Group  Saddleback Medical Group  Saddleback Medical Group  Ardalan Babaknia MD  Lino DeGuzman MD  Fang F Yu MD PhD  Associated Gastroenterology Medical Group  Associated Gastroenterology Medical Group  St Jude Heritage Medical Group Yorba Linda  Associated Gastroenterology Medical Group  Nav Gujral MD  Jun-Ichi Ohara MD  The Internal Medical Group  Herbert H Lee MD  The Internal Medical Group  The Internal Medical Group  Madhukar Jigjinni MD  Carlos Saad MD  Valley Gastroenterology Consultants  Valley Gastroenterology Consultants  La Veta Gastoenterology  La Veta Gastoenterology  La Veta Gastoenterology  La Veta Gastoenterology  La Veta Gastoenterology  David B Stanton MD & Associates  Roque Hung & Yu Digestive Diseases  Harold Maizel MD  David B Stanton MD & Associates  Roque Hung & Yu Digestive Diseases  Jeffrey M Shapiro MD  David B Stanton MD & Associates  Roque Hung & Yu Digestive Diseases  M A Menon MD & Radha Menon MD  M A Menon MD & Radha Menon MD  Neera Grover MD Moreno Valley, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2012-05-28
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Gastric Emptying StudyRead the Gastric Emptying Study article » What is a gastric emptying study?A gastric emptying study is a procedure that is done by nuclear medicine physicians using radioactive chemicals that measures the speed with which food empties from the stomach and enters the small intestine. Gastric emptying studies are used for testing patients who are having symptoms that may be due to slow and, less commonly, rapid emptying of the stomach. The symptoms of slow emptying are primarily nausea, vomiting, and abdominal fullness after eating. The symptoms of rapid emptying are diarrhea, weakness or light-headedness after eating after eating. How is a gastric emptying study done? For a gastric emptying study, a patient eats a meal in which a solid component of the meal (for example, scrambled egg), a liquid component of the meal (for example, water), or both, are mixed with a small amount of radioactive material. A scanner (acting like a Geiger counter) is placed over the patient's stomach to monitor the amount of radioactivity in the stomach for several hours after the test meal is eaten. As the radioactively-labelled food empties from the stomach, the amount of radioactivity in the stomach decreases. The rate at which the radioactivity leaves the stomach reflects the rate at which food is emptying from the stomach Some medications such as narcotic pain relievers and anticholinergic medications can cause delay emptying of the stomach, while other medications such as metoclopramide (Reglan) and erythromycin can cause rapid emptying of the stomach. Medications that slow emptying of the stomach can give a falsely abnormal test result, while medications that speed up emptying of the stomach can give a falsely normal result. Therefore, medications that affect emptying of the stomach should be withheld for 48-72 hours before performing emptying studies. Abnormally high blood glucose (sugar) levels also can slow emptying of the stomach. Ther... Recommended Reading Related to Gastric Emptying StudyDiabetes (Type 1 and Type 2) » Diabetes facts
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