Gastroparesis Research Paper

Gastroparesis is a digestive system disorder; gastroparesis affects the stomach muscles. This disorder causes weakening of the stomach muscles, this causes poor churning and mixing of food by the stomach contractions and the normal movement of the stomach muscles that propel the food forward through the digestive tract is slowed down or in some cases they completely stop working. This prevents the food form being emptied from the stomach. Diet changes can be used to treat this condition. Changing the diet to food that are more easily digested such as soft foods, liquids, low fats, and fiber that don’t require a lot of churning can help alleviate some of the discomfort. This is a great treatment option but it may not completely cure the illness and in …show more content…
In this disorder the body’s antibodies attack the basement membrane collagen of the lungs and kidney as a result of this the individual will have bleeding of the lung and kidney which will lead to organ failure. To treat this disorder oral immunosuppressant drugs such as cyclophosphamide are used to the decrease the production of the goodpasture antibodies if the patient has a positive response to drug therapy the treatment is continued up until the syndrome runs its course. Treatment with cyclophosphamide can cause a reduction in white blood cell count and hemorrhagic cystitis. In extreme cases goodpasture syndrome is treated with plasmapheresis. This is used to remove the antibodies from the blood, the blood is taken from the body and centrifuged to separate the white and red blood cells from the plasma containing the goodpasture syndrome antibodies then a plasma substitute is added to the red and white blood cells which is then returned to the body. This is a great treatment because it has a high success rate. However, it’s very taxing on the patient and the patient may need to a ventilator during the