Zespół porezekcyjny
Patofizjologia i mechanizm

Zespół porezekcyjny (dumping syndrome) jest powikłaniem pooperacyjnym, występującym u około 10% pacjentów po operacjach żołądka oraz u około 50% po laparoskopowym gastric bypass typu Roux-en-Y. Patofizjologia opiera się na szybkim przejściu hiperosmolarnej treści pokarmowej do jelita cienkiego, co prowadzi do przesunięcia płynów z przestrzeni śródnaczyniowej do światła jelita, zmniejszenia objętości krążącej krwi oraz rozszerzenia jelita cienkiego. Wczesny zespół porezekcyjny pojawia się 10-30 minut po posiłku i charakteryzuje się objawami żołądkowo-jelitowymi i sercowo-naczyniowymi, wynikającymi z uwalniania hormonów takich jak enteroglukagon, polipeptyd trzustkowy, peptyd YY, VIP, GLP-1 i neurotensyna oraz aktywacji układu współczulnego. Późny zespół porezekcyjny, manifestujący się 1-3 godziny po posiłku, jest związany z hiperinsulinemią reaktywną i hipoglikemią, gdzie kluczową rolę odgrywa zwiększona odpowiedź GLP-1, prowadząca do nadmiernego wydzielania insuliny i gwałtownego spadku glikemii.

Mechanizm zespołu porezekcyjnego (dumping syndrome)

Zespół porezekcyjny (dumping syndrome) to stan kliniczny, w którym dochodzi do zbyt szybkiego przejścia hiperosmolarnej treści pokarmowej ze żołądka do jelita cienkiego. Jest to częste powikłanie zabiegów chirurgicznych górnego odcinka przewodu pokarmowego, które może występować nawet u 10% pacjentów po operacjach żołądka oraz u około 50% pacjentów po laparoskopowym zabiegu gastric bypass typu Roux-en-Y.12 Patofizjologia tego zespołu jest złożona i obejmuje kilka kluczowych mechanizmów.

Rola szybkiego opróżniania żołądkowego

Kluczowym elementem w patogenezie zespołu porezekcyjnego jest zaburzona funkcja rezerwuarowa żołądka oraz zmieniony mechanizm opróżniania żołądkowego. W normalnych warunkach trawienie rozpoczyna się w żołądku, a przejście treści do dwunastnicy zachodzi stopniowo. Kwas solny i enzymy proteolityczne inicjują rozkład pokarmu, promując tworzenie mniejszych cząstek pokarmowych, które są następnie trawione w dwunastnicy.1 Ten fizjologiczny proces ulega zaburzeniu w wyniku operacji żołądka.

Dochodzi do tego poprzez różne mechanizmy:1

  • Ominięcie odźwiernika lub zmiana unerwienia żołądka, co powoduje zmniejszenie rezerwy żołądkowej
  • Szybki transport hiperosmolarnego materiału pokarmowego do dwunastnicy
  • Zaburzenie regulacji opróżniania żołądkowego przez układ nerwowy jelitowy

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Badania przeprowadzone w latach 80. wykazały, że kluczowym elementem w patogenezie zespołu porezekcyjnego jest defekt w rozdrabnianiu pokarmów w żołądku, co skutkuje dostarczaniem do jelita cienkiego znacznej części pokarmu stałego w postaci dużych, trudniej trawionych cząstek.1 Szybkie opróżnianie płynów z żołądka jest również istotnym czynnikiem przyczyniającym się do rozwoju tego zespołu.

Wczesny zespół porezekcyjny

Wczesny zespół porezekcyjny występuje w ciągu 10-30 minut po posiłku i jest spowodowany szybkim przejściem hiperosmolarnej treści pokarmowej ze żołądka do dwunastnicy.1 Prowadzi to do szeregu zjawisk patofizjologicznych:

1. Przesunięcie płynów: Hiperosmolarna treść w jelicie cienkim powoduje przesunięcie płynu z przestrzeni śródnaczyniowej do światła jelita, co prowadzi do zmniejszenia objętości krążącej krwi i rozszerzenia jelita cienkiego.12 Badania potwierdziły to przesunięcie płynów poprzez wzrost poziomu hematokrytu w pierwszej godzinie po spożyciu posiłku lub podczas testów prowokacyjnych.1

2. Uwalnianie hormonów żołądkowo-jelitowych: Dochodzi do zwiększonego uwalniania różnych hormonów żołądkowo-jelitowych, w tym:12

  • Enteroglukagonu
  • Polipeptydu trzustkowego
  • Peptydu YY
  • Wazoaktywnego peptydu jelitowego (VIP)
  • Peptydu glukagonopodobnego (GLP-1)
  • Neurotensynu

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Te hormony powodują stymulację motoryki i wydzielania żołądkowo-jelitowego oraz zwiększone uwalnianie czynników wazoaktywnych wpływających zarówno na trzewny, jak i systemowy przepływ krwi oraz funkcję wazomotoryczną.1 Prowadzi to do objawów związanych z układem sercowo-naczyniowym, takich jak przyspieszone bicie serca, obniżone ciśnienie krwi i uderzenia gorąca.1

3. Aktywacja układu współczulnego: W wyniku zmniejszenia objętości krwi krążącej i rozszerzenia naczyń dochodzi do aktywacji układu współczulnego, co przyczynia się do objawów wazomotorycznych.12

Późny zespół porezekcyjny

Późny zespół porezekcyjny, znany również jako poposiłkowa hipoglikemia hiperinsulinemiczna, występuje zazwyczaj 1-3 godziny po posiłku bogatym w węglowodany.12 Mechanizm jego powstawania różni się od wczesnego zespołu porezekcyjnego:

1. Szybkie wchłanianie węglowodanów: Szybka dostawa niestrawionego pokarmu bogatego w węglowodany do jelita cienkiego prowadzi do gwałtownego wzrostu stężenia glukozy we krwi.12

2. Nasilona odpowiedź insulinowa: Wysoki poziom glukozy we krwi prowadzi do nadmiernego wydzielania insuliny przez trzustkę, co z kolei powoduje nagły spadek poziomu glukozy we krwi (hipoglikemia reaktywna).12

3. Rola GLP-1: Istotną rolę w patogenezie późnego zespołu porezekcyjnego odgrywa peptyd glukagonopodobny 1 (GLP-1). Zwiększona odpowiedź GLP-1 jest kluczowym mediatorem efektu hiperinsulinemicznego i hipoglikemicznego, charakterystycznego dla późnego zespołu porezekcyjnego.123 Badania wykazały, że podwyższone stężenie GLP-1 poprzedza hipoglikemię reaktywną po doustnym podaniu glukozy u pacjentów po gastrektomii.1

Zmiany anatomiczne i funkcjonalne po zabiegach chirurgicznych

Operacje górnego odcinka przewodu pokarmowego mogą prowadzić do zespołu porezekcyjnego poprzez:1

  • Zmniejszenie objętości żołądka
  • Usunięcie funkcji barierowej odźwiernika
  • Wpływ na funkcję motoryczną żołądka poprzez odnerwienie nerwu błędnego

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Wszystkie te czynniki mogą prowadzić do szybszego dostarczania pokarmu do jelita cienkiego. Po operacji zaburzona zostaje odpowiedź akomodacyjna i skurczowa żołądka na rozciąganie.1 Ponadto, zmienia się wydzielanie kwasu i enzymów, a także hormonów podtrzymujących żołądkową fazę trawienia.2

Różnice między wczesnym i późnym zespołem porezekcyjnym

Mimo że zarówno wczesny, jak i późny zespół porezekcyjny wynikają z szybkiego opróżniania żołądkowego, istnieją istotne różnice w ich patofizjologii:

Parametr Wczesny zespół porezekcyjny Późny zespół porezekcyjny
Czas wystąpienia po posiłku 10-30 minut 1-3 godziny
Główny mechanizm Przesunięcie płynów z naczyń do światła jelita Hiperinsulinemia reaktywna prowadząca do hipoglikemii
Kluczowe czynniki patofizjologiczne Hiperwolemia w jelicie, aktywacja układu współczulnego Nadmierne wydzielanie insuliny, zwiększona odpowiedź GLP-1
Objawy dominujące Objawy żołądkowo-jelitowe i sercowo-naczyniowe Objawy hipoglikemii

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Zespół porezekcyjny – przyczyny nieoperacyjne

Chociaż zespół porezekcyjny jest najczęściej kojarzony z operacjami górnego odcinka przewodu pokarmowego, może również występować z przyczyn nieoperacyjnych:1

Cukrzyca jako przyczyna zespołu porezekcyjnego

Cukrzyca jest dobrze znaną przyczyną szybkiego opróżniania żołądkowego, co przypisuje się wczesnemu uszkodzeniu nerwu błędnego w wyniku zwyrodnienia typu Wallerowskiego.1 Paradoksalnie, cukrzyca może być związana zarówno z opóźnionym (gastropareza), jak i przyspieszonym opróżnianiem żołądkowym.1

W badaniach nad nieoperacyjnymi przyczynami zespołu porezekcyjnego, cukrzyca typu 2 była najczęstszą zidentyfikowaną przyczyną.1 Pacjenci z cukrzycą mogą doświadczać objawów zespołu porezekcyjnego w wyniku zaburzeń motoryki żołądka i przyspieszonego opróżniania żołądkowego.

Inne nieoperacyjne przyczyny

Oprócz cukrzycy, inne nieoperacyjne przyczyny zespołu porezekcyjnego obejmują:12

  • Idiopatyczne szybkie opróżnianie żołądkowe
  • Przebyte infekcje żołądkowo-jelitowe
  • Zespół Zollingera-Ellisona
  • Zespół Ehlersa-Danlosa
  • Niektóre choroby żołądka, które przyspieszają opróżnianie żołądkowe

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Badania wykazały, że u pacjentów z przewlekłymi nudnościami o nieznanej przyczynie, bez wcześniejszych operacji żołądka, należy rozważyć szybkie opróżnianie żołądkowe jako potencjalną przyczynę.1 Wielu pacjentów bez historii zabiegów chirurgicznych doświadcza objawów zespołu porezekcyjnego w kontekście szybkiego opróżniania żołądkowego.

Zmiany hormonalne w zespole porezekcyjnym

Zmiany hormonalne odgrywają kluczową rolę w patofizjologii zespołu porezekcyjnego. Szybkie opróżnianie żołądkowe prowadzi do zmian w wydzielaniu różnych hormonów żołądkowo-jelitowych i trzustkowych.1

Hormony żołądkowo-jelitowe

W zespole porezekcyjnym obserwuje się zwiększone wydzielanie następujących hormonów:1

  • Enteroglukagon – wpływa na motorykę przewodu pokarmowego
  • Polipeptyd trzustkowy – reguluje wydzielanie trzustkowe
  • Peptyd YY – hamuje opróżnianie żołądkowe
  • Wazoaktywny peptyd jelitowy (VIP) – powoduje rozszerzenie naczyń i zwiększa wydzielanie jelitowe
  • Neurotensyna – wpływa na motorykę przewodu pokarmowego

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Te hormony przyczyniają się do objawów wczesnego zespołu porezekcyjnego poprzez stymulację motoryki żołądkowo-jelitowej, zwiększone wydzielanie i wpływ na funkcję naczyniową.1

Rola GLP-1 w zespole porezekcyjnym

Peptyd glukagonopodobny 1 (GLP-1) odgrywa szczególnie istotną rolę w patofizjologii zespołu porezekcyjnego, zwłaszcza jego późnej postaci.12 GLP-1 jest silnym hormonem przeciwhiperglikemicznym, który:

  • Stymuluje wydzielanie insuliny zależne od glukozy
  • Hamuje wydzielanie glukagonu
  • Spowalnia opróżnianie żołądkowe
  • Zmniejsza łaknienie

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U pacjentów po operacjach przyspieszających opróżnianie żołądkowe obserwuje się zwiększoną odpowiedź GLP-1, co prowadzi do zwiększonego wydzielania insuliny i może nasilać hipoglikemię.2 Badania wykazały, że podwyższone stężenie GLP-1 poprzedza hipoglikemię reaktywną po doustnym podaniu glukozy u pacjentów po gastrektomii.1

Co ciekawe, istnieją również doniesienia sugerujące rolę GLP-1 w patofizjologii wczesnego zespołu porezekcyjnego. Badania wykazały, że zwiększone wydzielanie GLP-1 może przyczyniać się do objawów wczesnego zespołu porezekcyjnego poprzez wpływ na motorykę przewodu pokarmowego i funkcję naczyniową.2

Insulina i hipoglikemia

W późnym zespole porezekcyjnym kluczową rolę odgrywa hiperinsulinemia i wynikająca z niej hipoglikemia.1 Szybka dostawa węglowodanów do jelita cienkiego prowadzi do gwałtownego wzrostu poziomu glukozy we krwi, co z kolei prowadzi do nadmiernego wydzielania insuliny. Podwyższony poziom insuliny utrzymuje się przez dłuższy czas, co jest odpowiedzialne za późniejszą hipoglikemię.1

Oprócz zwiększonego wydzielania insuliny w odpowiedzi na glukozę, u niektórych pacjentów po operacji bariatrycznej może rozwinąć się hiperplazja komórek wysepkowych trzustki (nesidioblastoza), co dodatkowo przyczynia się do hiperinsulinemii i hipoglikemii.1

Zespół porezekcyjny a operacje bariatryczne

Operacje bariatryczne są obecnie jedną z najczęstszych przyczyn zespołu porezekcyjnego. Około 85% pacjentów po operacji gastric bypass typu Roux-en-Y doświadcza zespołu porezekcyjnego w pewnym momencie po zabiegu, a objawy mogą być od łagodnych do ciężkich.1

Mechanizmy zespołu porezekcyjnego po operacjach bariatrycznych

Operacje bariatryczne mogą prowadzić do zespołu porezekcyjnego poprzez różne mechanizmy:1

  • Zmniejszenie objętości żołądka
  • Usunięcie lub ominięcie odźwiernika
  • Zmiana anatomii żołądka i jelit
  • Potencjalne uszkodzenie nerwu błędnego

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Różne typy operacji bariatrycznych wiążą się z różnym ryzykiem zespołu porezekcyjnego. Gastric bypass (GBP), mini gastric bypass (Mini GBP/OAGB) i gastric sleeve (GS) mogą wszystkie prowadzić do zespołu porezekcyjnego, chociaż ryzyko i nasilenie objawów różnią się w zależności od procedury.1

W przypadku gastric bypass i mini gastric bypass, część żołądka jest omijana, co powoduje, że pokarm szybciej dociera do jelita cienkiego. Zwiększa to ryzyko zespołu porezekcyjnego, szczególnie jeśli spożywa się dużo cukrów. W przypadku gastric sleeve, duża część żołądka jest usuwana, pozostawiając mniejszy, rurkowaty żołądek, co również może prowadzić do zespołu porezekcyjnego, chociaż objawy są często mniej nasilone niż w przypadku (mini) gastric bypass.2

Hipoglikemia poposiłkowa po operacjach bariatrycznych

Hipoglikemia poposiłkowa (PPH) występuje częściej po operacjach bariatrycznych.1 Terminy PPH i późny zespół porezekcyjny są używane zamiennie, chociaż niektórzy autorzy rozróżniają te dwa stany ze względu na różnice w czasie wystąpienia po operacji: zespół porezekcyjny rozwija się krótko po operacji (tygodnie), podczas gdy hipoglikemia typowo manifestuje się w późniejszym stadium, miesiące lub czasami lata po operacji bariatrycznej.2

Najważniejsze jest to, że patofizjologia zespołu porezekcyjnego i PPH jest identyczna i PPH powinna być postrzegana i leczona jako manifestacja późnego zespołu porezekcyjnego.3

Zespół porezekcyjny a utrata wagi

Istnieje kontrowersja dotycząca roli zespołu porezekcyjnego w utracie wagi po operacjach bariatrycznych. Niektórzy sugerują, że zespół porezekcyjny może przyczyniać się do utraty wagi, częściowo poprzez zmuszanie pacjenta do modyfikacji swoich nawyków żywieniowych.1 Jednak obecnie dostępne dane nie potwierdzają, że zespół porezekcyjny jest niezbędnym warunkiem do indukcji utraty wagi po operacji bariatrycznej.12

Różnice między zespołem porezekcyjnym a innymi zaburzeniami

Zespół porezekcyjny może być trudny do odróżnienia od innych zaburzeń przewodu pokarmowego, co może prowadzić do błędnej diagnozy.1

Zespół porezekcyjny a gastropareza

Gastropareza i zespół porezekcyjny wynikają z zaburzonego mechanizmu opróżniania żołądkowego, ale w przeciwnych kierunkach.1 Podczas gdy gastropareza wynika ze znacznie opóźnionego opróżniania żołądkowego, zespół porezekcyjny jest konsekwencją zwiększonego przepływu pokarmu do jelita cienkiego.

Wielu pacjentów z zespołem porezekcyjnym ma objawy podobne do zespołu jelita drażliwego lub gastroparezy (opóźnione opróżnianie żołądkowe), co może prowadzić do błędnej diagnozy.2 Kluczowe znaczenie w rozróżnieniu diagnozy gastroparezy od zespołu porezekcyjnego ma scyntygraficzny test opróżniania żołądkowego (GET).1

Zespół porezekcyjny a zespół przerostowego nasilenia wydzielania insuliny

Hipoglikemia poposiłkowa po operacjach bariatrycznych może wynikać z późnego zespołu porezekcyjnego lub z hiperplazji komórek wysepkowych trzustki (nesidioblastoza). Jednak mechanizmy leżące u podstaw tych stanów są różne.1

W przypadku późnego zespołu porezekcyjnego, hipoglikemia jest spowodowana hiperinsulinemią w odpowiedzi na szybkie wchłanianie węglowodanów. Natomiast w przypadku nesidioblastozy, hipoglikemia hiperinsulinemiczna wynika z hiperplazji komórek wysepkowych trzustki, raczej niż z zespołu porezekcyjnego.2

Podsumowanie mechanizmów zespołu porezekcyjnego

Patofizjologia zespołu porezekcyjnego jest złożona i obejmuje wiele mechanizmów, które prowadzą do wczesnych i późnych objawów.1 Kluczowym elementem jest szybkie opróżnianie żołądkowe, które prowadzi do nagłego dostarczenia dużej ilości hiperosmolarnej treści pokarmowej do jelita cienkiego.

W wczesnym zespole porezekcyjnym, przesunięcie płynów z naczyń do światła jelita, zwiększone uwalnianie hormonów żołądkowo-jelitowych i aktywacja układu współczulnego przyczyniają się do objawów żołądkowo-jelitowych i sercowo-naczyniowych.12

W późnym zespole porezekcyjnym, szybkie wchłanianie węglowodanów prowadzi do nadmiernego wydzielania insuliny, co z kolei powoduje hipoglikemię. Zwiększona odpowiedź GLP-1 odgrywa kluczową rolę w hiperinsulinemii i hipoglikemii u pacjentów z późnym zespołem porezekcyjnym.12

Zrozumienie złożonej patofizjologii zespołu porezekcyjnego jest kluczowe dla właściwej diagnozy i skutecznego leczenia tego stanu.1

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Materiały źródłowe

  • #1 Dumping Syndrome: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology
    https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/173594-overview
    Dumping syndrome is the effect of altered gastric reservoir function, abnormal postoperative gastric motor function, and/or pyloric emptying mechanism. […] Clinically significant dumping syndrome occurs in approximately 10% of patients after any type of gastric surgery and in up to 50% of patients after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Dumping syndrome has characteristic alimentary and systemic manifestations. It is a frequent complication observed after a variety of gastric surgical procedures, such as vagotomy, pyloroplasty, gastrojejunostomy, and laparoscopic Nissan fundoplication. Dumping syndrome can be separated into early and late forms, depending on the occurrence of symptoms in relation to the time elapsed after a meal. […] Accelerated gastric emptying of liquids is a characteristic feature and a critical step in the pathogenesis of dumping syndrome. Gastric mucosal function is altered by surgery, and acid and enzymatic secretions are decreased. Also, hormonal secretions that sustain the gastric phase of digestion are affected adversely. All these factors interplay in the pathophysiology of dumping syndrome.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470542/
    Dumping syndrome can occur after a variety of gastric procedures and occurs due to the rapid movement of hyperosmolar chyme from the stomach into the small intestine. […] Dumping syndrome is likely caused by the rapid movement of chyme. In patients without gastric surgery, digestion is initiated in the stomach, and the transition to the duodenum occurs progressively. Acid and proteases initiate the breakdown of food, promoting smaller food particles to be digested in the duodenum. This physiological process is weakened when there is surgical manipulation of this pathway. The pylorus bypass or alteration of the gastric innervation can produce effects of decreased stomach reserve or rapid transit of hyperosmolar food material into the duodenum. […] In addition, the enteric nervous system plays a major role in the regulation of gastric emptying, involving several gastrointestinal (GI) hormones and the extrinsic innervation.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome | Treatment & Management | Point of Care
    https://www.statpearls.com/point-of-care/20752
    Dumping syndrome is likely caused by the rapid movement of chyme. […] The pylorus bypass or alteration of the gastric innervation can produce effects of decreased stomach reserve or rapid transit of hyperosmolar food material into the duodenum. […] In addition, the enteric nervous system plays a major role in the regulation of gastric emptying, involving several gastrointestinal (GI) hormones and the extrinsic innervation. […] There are two types of problems that can arise from gastric surgery- early and late dumping syndromes. […] In early dumping, the symptoms usually occur within 10 to 30 minutes after a meal. […] The rapid transit of hyperosmolar chyme from the stomach into the duodenum causes fluid to shift from the vasculature to the intestinal lumen, leading to increased volume in the small bowel.
  • #1 Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management of Postoperative Dumping Syndrome
    https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/707838
    Dumping syndrome is a frequent complication of esophageal, gastric or bariatric surgery. Rapid gastric emptying, with the delivery to the small intestine of a significant proportion of solid food as large particles that are difficult to digest, is a key event in the pathogenesis of this syndrome. […] Studies conducted in the 1980s demonstrated that a defect in grinding or sieving within the stomach, which resulted in the delivery of a considerable proportion of solid food as large, less easily digested particles to the small intestine (rather than rapid emptying itself), was a key event in the pathogenesis of dumping syndrome. […] Rapid emptying of liquids from the stomach is an important contributor to the pathogenesis of dumping syndrome.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470542/
    There are two types of problems that can arise from gastric surgery- early and late dumping syndromes. […] In early dumping, the symptoms usually occur within 10 to 30 minutes after a meal. The rapid transit of hyperosmolar chyme from the stomach into the duodenum causes fluid to shift from the vasculature to the intestinal lumen, leading to increased volume in the small bowel. This is believed to be the cause of abdominal cramps, tachycardia, nausea, and diarrhea. […] Late dumping, also known as postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, usually occurs 1 to 3 hours after a high-carbohydrate meal. There is an association with hypoglycemia, but the exact mechanism is unknown. It is proposed that the rapid absorption of carbohydrates exaggerates the glucose-mediated insulin response.
  • #1 International consensus on the diagnosis and management of dumping syndrome | Nature Reviews Endocrinology
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-020-0357-5
    Dumping syndrome is a common but underdiagnosed complication of gastric and oesophageal surgery. […] The panel agreed on the pathophysiological relevance of rapid passage of nutrients to the small bowel, on the role of decreased gastric volume capacity and release of glucagon-like peptide 1. […] Symptoms of early dumping syndrome are attributed to rapid passage of nutrients to the small intestine, which activates a cascade of pathophysiological events. […] The arrival of hyperosmolar contents in the small intestine triggers a shift of fluid from the intravascular component to the intestinal lumen, leading to decreased circulating blood volume, duodenal or jejunal distention and release of several gastrointestinal peptide hormones. […] The second mechanism involved in the pathophysiology of early dumping syndrome is probably enhanced release of several gastrointestinal hormones, including vasoactive agents, incretins and glucose modulators.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome | CEG
    https://www.dovepress.com/dumping-syndrome-pragmatic-treatment-options-and-experimental-approach-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-CEG
    Dumping syndrome is a common complication after esophageal, gastric and bariatric surgery and has a significant negative impact on the quality of life of patients. […] Dumping syndrome consists of early and late dumping symptoms and can be diagnosed using clinical parameters with the help of the Sigstads score, questionnaires or by provocative testing. […] Upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery can reduce gastric volume, remove the barrier function of the pylorus, or affect gastric motor function via vagal denervation. All these factors may lead to more rapid delivery of food into the small bowel. The hyperosmolar small bowel chyme may cause a fluid shift from the vascular compartment to the intestinal lumen, resulting in hypotension and occasionally even syncope. […] The occurrence of this fluid shift has previously been confirmed by a rise in hematocrit level in the first hour after meal ingestion or during dumping provocation tests.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome | Treatment & Management | Point of Care
    https://www.statpearls.com/point-of-care/20752
    GI hormones such as enteroglucagon, pancreatic polypeptide, peptide YY, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide, and neurotensin have been evident with higher values after meals. […] Late dumping, also known as postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, usually occurs 1 to 3 hours after a high-carbohydrate meal. […] It is proposed that the rapid absorption of carbohydrates exaggerates the glucose-mediated insulin response.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome | CEG
    https://www.dovepress.com/dumping-syndrome-pragmatic-treatment-options-and-experimental-approach-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-CEG
    A second mechanism involved is the enhanced release of various gastrointestinal hormones resulting in (1) stimulation of gastrointestinal motility and secretion, and (2) enhanced release of vasoactive agents affecting both abdominal and systemic blood flow and vasomotor function. […] Postprandial hypoglycemia (PPH) occurs more often after bariatric surgery. […] The terms PPH and late dumping are used interchangeably. Some authors, however, differentiate the two conditions because of differences in the time of onset after surgery: dumping developing shortly after surgery (weeks), while hypoglycemia typically manifests at a later stage, months or sometimes years after bariatric surgery. […] Most importantly, the pathophysiology of dumping and PPH is identical and, in our opinion, PPH should be seen and treated as a late dumping manifestation.
  • #1 What Is Dumping Syndrome?
    https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/what-is-dumping-syndrome
    Dumping syndrome (DS) occurs when the stomach empties food into the small bowel at a faster rate than normal. […] Although the precise mechanism of DS is not known, dumping is a phenomenon usually caused by the destruction or bypass of the pyloric sphincter. […] It is believed that the osmotic gradient draws fluid into the intestine, and this may release one or more vasoactive hormones, such as serotonin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide. […] Early DS refers to dumping that usually happens within 10 to 30 minutes after eating. […] Due to the hyperosmolality of the food, fast fluid shifts from the plasma into the bowel occur, causing hypotension and a sympathetic nervous system response. […] Late DS is currently referred to as postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (PHH) and is a rare complication of bariatric surgery.
  • #1 SciELO Brazil – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTOF DUMPING SYNDROME AND ITS RELATION TO BARIATRIC SURGERY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTOF DUMPING SYNDROME AND ITS RELATION TO BARIATRIC SURGERY
    https://www.scielo.br/j/abcd/a/c85MgtFzcsLqhYTrrWNpHvM/
    The dumping syndrome may be present on bariatric surgical procedures; its prevalence may reach up to 50% in partial gastrectomy. It is probably the most common syndrome that follow gastrectomy. It is characterized by a set of vasomotor and gastrointestinal symptoms associated with rapid gastric emptying or sudden nutrients exposure to the small intestine. It occurs after complete or partial gastrectomy, thereby becoming a significant complication arising from certain types of bariatric procedures involving gastrectomy; it also can happens as a consequence of damage to the vagus nerve. […] The sudden presence of gastric contents in the proximal small intestine has the physiological response to release of bradykinin, serotonin and enteroglucagon, together with the extracellular fluid, leading to early symptoms (need to lie down, palpitations, hypotension, tachycardia, fatigue, dizziness, sweating, headache, flushing, heat sensation of satiety, epigastric pain and fullness, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, cramps, bloating, and borborygmus) in less than 30 min. Within 90 min to 3 h, the late symptoms (sweating, tremor, trouble concentrating, loss of consciousness and hunger) appears due to high insulin secretion causing hypoglycemia.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology
    https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/173594-overview
    The accommodation response and the phasic contractility of the stomach in response to distention are abolished after vagotomy or partial gastric resection. […] The late dumping syndrome is suspected in the person who has symptoms of hypoglycemia in the setting of previous gastric surgery, and this late dumping can be proven with an oral glucose tolerance test (hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia), as well as gastric emptying scintigraphy, which shows the abnormal pattern of initially delayed and then accelerated gastric emptying. […] Rapid delivery of a meal to the small intestine results in an initial high concentration of carbohydrates in the proximal small bowel and rapid absorption of glucose. This is countered by a hyperinsulinemic response. The high insulin levels stay for longer period and are responsible for the subsequent hypoglycemia. […] An exaggerated GLP-1 response likely plays an important role in the hyperinsulinemia and hypoglycemia in patients with late dumping.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome | 5-Minute Clinical Consult
    https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/5-Minute-Clinical-Consult/816042/all/Dumping_Syndrome?q=Hypoglycemia
    GI and vasomotor symptoms resulting from rapid gastric emptying and delivery of large amounts of hyperosmolar content into the small intestine. […] The pathogenesis of dumping syndrome is multifactorial. […] Alterations in the storage function of the stomach and/or the pyloric emptying mechanism lead to rapid delivery of hyperosmolar material into the intestine. Fluid shifts from the intravascular compartment into the bowel lumen lead to rapid small bowel distention and an increased peristalsis (early dumping). […] Supraphysiologic release of GI peptides/vasoactive mediators lead to paradoxical vasodilation in a relatively volume-contracted state. […] Reactive hypoglycemia occurs secondary to hyperinsulinemia caused by high concentration of carbohydrates in the proximal small intestine and rapid absorption of glucose (late dumping).
  • #1 International consensus on the diagnosis and management of dumping syndrome | Nature Reviews Endocrinology
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-020-0357-5
    Rapid delivery of undigested carbohydrates to the small intestine might result in high concentrations of glucose that induce a hyperinsulinaemic response, resulting in subsequent hypoglycaemia and related late dumping syndrome. […] An exaggerated GLP1 response is the key mediator of the hyperinsulinaemic and hypoglycaemic effect that is characteristic of late dumping syndrome. […] Gastric surgery can reduce gastric volume or remove the barrier function of the pylorus, which allows rapid delivery of food into the small intestine. […] The literature is not clear on the relative prevalence of early dumping syndrome versus late dumping syndrome. […] The success of RYGB surgery is usually attributed to gastric volume reduction and calorie malabsorption secondary to the bypass of the small intestine, which leads to markedly changed eating behaviour and meal patterns.
  • #1
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10620-005-3046-2
    Exaggerated plasma concentrations of GLP-1 precede reactive hypoglycemia after oral glucose in gastrectomy patients, resulting in late dumping syndrome. […] Because sympathetic activation is thought to be a cause of early dumping, we hypothesized that exaggerated GLP-1 may contribute to the pathophysiology of early dumping syndrome. […] These results suggest that GLP-1 is involved in the pathophysiology of early dumping syndrome.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome: Updated Perspectives on Etiologies and Diagnosis – Practical Gastro
    https://practicalgastro.com/2014/10/18/dumping-syndrome-updated-perspectives-on-etiologies-and-diagnosis/
    Although the surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease declined following the development of proton pump inhibitors, these surgeries are still performed for intractable disease. Additionally, accidental vagal nerve damage during Nissen fundoplications, as well as an increased number of gastric bypass surgeries, have kept DS very pertinent to current clinical practice. […] DS may also be associated with non-surgical etiologies, the most prominent being diabetes. Diabetes is a well-recognized etiology of rapid gastric emptying and is attributed to early vagal damage from Wallerian nerve degeneration. […] Our report highlights a patient population with a strong representation of non-surgical etiologies of DS. […] As we examined the non-surgical DS patients, we found a large proportion were idiopathic- an unexpected finding.
  • #1 Gastroparesis and Dumping Syndrome: Current Concepts and Management
    https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/8/1127
    Gastroparesis and dumping syndrome both evolve from a disturbed gastric emptying mechanism. While gastroparesis results from significantly delayed gastric emptying, dumping syndrome is a consequence of increased flux of food into the small bowel. […] The occurrence of cardinal symptoms after ingestion of a meal in a patient with high pre-test probability should rise suspicion for the presence of gastroparesis or dumping syndrome. […] In early dumping syndrome, rapid transition of food into the small intestine results in a fluid shift (due to hyperosmolarity) and release of gastrointestinal hormones such as vasoactive substances (neurostatin, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), incretins (gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), GLP1) and glucose-modulators (insulin, glucagon). […] In late dumping, rapid absorption of glucose (due to the presence of undigested carbohydrates in the small intestine) increases incretin release (GLP1), which exaggerates insulin response. […] Although these mechanisms are typically and frequently seen as a postsurgical complication, dumping can also occur in the absence of previous surgery. […] Thus, diabetes can be associated with both delayed (see gastroparesis) and increased gastric emptying.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome: Updated Perspectives on Etiologies and Diagnosis – Practical Gastro
    https://practicalgastro.com/2014/10/18/dumping-syndrome-updated-perspectives-on-etiologies-and-diagnosis/
    Among etiologic factors of DS in our patient group, DM was the most common. […] Another important conclusion to draw from our study is the utility of the scintigraphic GET. This test is key in distinguishing the diagnosis of gastroparesis from DS. […] Many patients without a surgical history exhibit disabling DS symptoms in the setting of rapid gastric emptying. This included patients with DM2, those with a preceding gastroenteritis illness, and also those who had no predisposing factors for their symptoms.
  • #1
    https://npistanbul.com/en/what-is-dumping-syndrome
    Dumping syndrome is a term that describes a condition where food leaves the stomach and passes quickly into the small intestine after gastric surgery or due to certain stomach diseases. […] The causes of dumping syndrome can be the following: Gastric Surgery: It commonly occurs after stomach surgery. In particular, this syndrome can be seen after stomach surgeries, stomach cancer treatment or extreme weight loss surgeries (bariatric surgery). Such surgeries can reduce stomach capacity or affect the connection between the stomach and the small intestine, which can cause food to pass quickly into the small intestine. […] Some stomach diseases can speed up gastric emptying and lead to this condition. For example, in a condition called gastroparesis, the stomach muscles do not work normally, which can cause food to leave the stomach quickly.
  • #1
    https://journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2018/10001/idiopathic_dumping_syndrome_in_patients_presenting.1185.aspx
    Dumping syndrome is a wellknown complication after gastric surgery. However, limited literature exists on idiopathic dumping syndrome. Our aim is to investigate the clinical characteristics of nonsurgical patients with rapid gastric emptying who present with unexplained chronic nausea. […] Patients with severe idiopathic rapid gastric emptying may present with nausea and gastroparesislike symptoms rather than vasomotor symptoms and diarrhea typically seen in postsurgical dumping syndrome; […] Over half of the patients had risk factors for abnormal gastric motility, such as diabetes, poor water load satiety tests, and gastric dysrhythmias, which may contribute to altered emptying rates; […] Physiological mechanisms underlying rapid gastric emptying warrants further investigations; […] Rapid gastric emptying should be considered in patients who present with chronic unexplained nausea without previous gastric surgeries.
  • #1 American Nurse Today January 2018: Dumping Syndrome: Causes, Management, And Patient Education
    https://americannursetoday.mydigitalpublication.com/articles/dumping-syndrome-causes-management-and-patient-education
    Late dumping, which occurs in about 25% of patients, typically presents within 1 to 3 hours after eating. The rapid movement of carbohydrates into the intestine releases an excessive amount of insulin from the pancreas in an attempt to maintain normoglycemia, but ultimately resulting in hypoglycemia. The subsequent symptoms are a direct consequence of the hyperinsulinemic response: fatigue, difficulty concentrating, hunger, confusion, perspiration, tremors, and low blood glucose. […] Another factor that may play a role in the pathophysiology of both early and late dumping is increased secretion of GI hormones, although their exact mechanism is unclear. Hormones such as enteroglucagon, peptide YY, and glucagon-like peptide 1 are suspected to cause irregular GI motility, hemodynamic responses, and increased insulin release.
  • #1 Azthena logo with the word Azthena
    https://www.news-medical.net/health/Dumping-Syndrome-Symptoms-and-Causes.aspx
    LDS is believed to be due to an overwhelming increase in insulin that leads to reactive hypoglycemia (i.e. low blood sugar level). It occurs anywhere between 1 to 3 hours after eating. The hypoglycemia associated with LDS causes symptoms such as: […] GLP-1 is thought to play a crucial role in LDS as it is a potent anti-hyperglycemic hormone. It is often found to have an elevated response in patients who have had operations that speed up gastric emptying and causes increased insulin secretion, further compounding hypoglycemia.
  • #1 Dumping Syndrome | 5-Minute Clinical Consult
    https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/5-Minute-Clinical-Consult/816042/all/Dumping_Syndrome?q=Hypoglycemia
    Pancreatic islet cell hyperplasia, rather than late dumping, is thought to be the underlying mechanism for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with nesidioblastosis after gastric bypass. […] A recent study showed glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) played a key role in the pathogenesis of late hypoglycemia after gastric bypass.
  • #1 Bariatric Surgery: Postoperative Concerns – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
    https://asmbs.org/resources/bariatric-surgery-postoperative-concerns/
    Dumping syndrome is a common side effect after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RNYGB) surgery. About 85% of gastric bypass patients will experience dumping syndrome at some point after surgery. The symptoms can range from mild to severe. […] Dumping usually occurs due to poor food choices. It is related to the ingestion of refined sugars (including high fructose corn syrup) or high glycemic carbohydrates. It can also occur with dairy products, some fats, and fried foods. These foods rapidly empty from the gastric pouch into the small intestine which triggers a cascade of physiologic events. […] Early dumping occurs as a result of rapid emptying of sugars or carbohydrates from the gastric pouch into the small intestine which causes the release of hormones (gut peptides) that effect blood pressure, heart rate, skin flushing and intestinal transit, leading to a light-headed, rapid heart rate and flushing sensation often accompanied by diarrhea. Late dumping symptoms are related to increased insulin after oral glucose (sugar) with subsequent hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
  • #1 Dumping after gastric bypass surgery: what you really need to know
    https://weightworks.nl/en/articles/dumping-syndrome-after-gastric-bypass-surgery-what-you-really-need-to-know/
    Dumping syndrome occurs frequently after gastric bypass surgery. Dumping refers to symptoms that occur when food passes from the stomach to the small intestine too quickly. When this happens, you may experience various abdominal symptoms. These symptoms occur because your body has trouble digesting and absorbing food quickly. This is because your stomach contents move to your small intestine too quickly due to the surgery. Dumping syndrome can occur with different types of gastric bypasses, such as the gastric bypass (GBP), mini gastric bypass (Mini GBP/OAGB), and gastric sleeve (GS). In both gastric bypass and Mini gastric bypass, part of your stomach is bypassed. This causes food to reach your small intestine faster. This increases the risk of dumping syndrome, especially if you eat a lot of sugars. With the gastric sleeve, a large part of your stomach is removed, leaving you with a smaller, tubular stomach. This can also lead to dumping syndrome, although the symptoms are often less severe than with the (mini) gastric bypass.
  • #1 What Is Dumping Syndrome?
    https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/what-is-dumping-syndrome
    This phenomenon is not strictly due to alterations of osmotic gradients across the GI tract, but rather is thought to result from hypoglycemia following a postprandial insulin peak. […] Overall, dumping may contribute to weight loss, in part by causing the patient to modify his or her eating habits. […] The diagnosis is made primarily on clinical grounds. […] Treating for DS includes changes in how and what patients eat, medications, and, in some cases, surgery. […] Patients with intractable dumping symptoms in whom dietary and medical therapy are unsuccessful may require reoperation. […] The type of surgery recommended depends on the type of surgery that led to the DS.
  • #1 AGEB – Dumping syndrome after bariatric surgery: prevalence, pathophysiology and role inweight reduction – a systematic review
    https://www.ageb.be/ageb-journal/ageb-volume/ageb-article/2115/Dumping%20syndrome%20after%20bariatric%20surgery:%20prevalence,%20pathophysiology%20and%20role%20inweight%20reduction%20%E2%80%93%20a%20systematic%20review/
    Dumping syndrome is a frequent and wellknown adverse event after bariatric surgery and covers a dynamic spectrum of early and late dumping. […] However, there is much uncertainty regarding the exact pathophysiology of dumping. […] The pathophysiology is complex and ambiguous. Currently available data do not support dumping as a necessary condition to induce weight loss after bariatric surgery.
  • #1 Dumping syndrome: Causes, management, and patient education
    https://www.myamericannurse.com/dumping-syndrome/
    Another factor that may play a role in the pathophysiology of both early and late dumping is increased secretion of GI hormones, although their exact mechanism is unclear. […] DS isn’t life-threatening, but persistent symptoms can be alarming and cause physiologic and psychologic concerns. Severe dumping can be a precursor to several complications, including malnutrition and weight loss due to nutrient malabsorption and chronic diarrhea. […] Many patients with DS have symptoms similar to irritable bowel syndrome or gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying), which can result in misdiagnosis. […] The Sigstad scoring system was developed in 1970 to aid in the diagnosis of DS. […] Diet is the most effective way to manage DS. […] If dietary modifications are ineffective, pharmacologic interventions are the next step.
  • #1 Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of postoperative dumping syndrome – PubMed
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19724252/
    Dumping syndrome is a frequent complication of esophageal, gastric or bariatric surgery. Rapid gastric emptying, with the delivery to the small intestine of a significant proportion of solid food as large particles that are difficult to digest, is a key event in the pathogenesis of this syndrome. This occurrence causes a shift of fluid from the intravascular component to the intestinal lumen, which results in cardiovascular symptoms, release of several gastrointestinal and pancreatic hormones and late postprandial hypoglycemia. […] Somatostatin analogs are the most effective medical therapy for dumping syndrome, and a slow-release preparation is the treatment of choice.
  • #1 Dumping syndrome: Update on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
    https://lirias.kuleuven.be/4202188
    Dumping syndrome is a complex of gastrointestinal symptoms originally studied in peptic ulcer surgery patients. […] Current pathophysiological concepts and analyses of provocative tests has led to a clear definition of dumping syndrome, including both early and late dumping symptoms. […] The diagnosis relies on recognition of symptoms and signs in a patient with appropriate surgical history; and can be confirmed by provocative testing or registration of spontaneous hypoglycemia. […] The initial treatment focuses on dietary intervention, to which meal viscosity enhancers and/or the glycosidase inhibitor acarbose can be added. […] The most effective therapy is the use of short- or long-acting somatostatin analogues, which is however expensive and entails side effect issues. […] In case of refractory hypoglycemia, diazoxide or SGLT2 inhibitors can be considered, based on limited evidence. […] In refractory patients, continuous enteral feeding or (rarely) surgical reinterventions have been advocated, although not supported by solid evidence. […] A number of emerging therapies targeting intestinal propulsion, peptide hormone effects and hypoglycemic events are under evaluation.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment, Symptoms & Causes
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17835-dumping-syndrome
    If your small intestine receives a concentrated serving of sugar content, it may set off alarms in your digestive system. Your small intestine may signal your pancreas to release extra insulin to regulate your blood sugar. This can cause your blood sugar to drop sharply (reactive hypoglycemia). This drop can cause faintness, shakiness and heart palpitations. […] Dumping syndrome most commonly happens as a complication of surgery on your stomach, or on your esophagus where it connects to your stomach. An estimated 20% to 50% of people who have had stomach surgery develop some symptoms of dumping syndrome. It’s most common in people who have had surgeries that remove or bypass large portions of the stomach, such as gastrectomy or gastric bypass surgery. […] Under normal circumstances, dumping syndrome is not dangerous or life-threatening. A severe case can cause rapid weight loss and nutritional deficiencies. Persistent, unmanaged diarrhea can cause dehydration, but these complications can usually be managed or prevented with self-care. Most people have mild symptoms that ease over time. Dumping syndrome is not usually permanent.
  • #2 Dumping syndrome – Symptoms & causes – Mayo Clinic
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dumping-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20371915
    Dumping syndrome is a condition in which food, especially food high in sugar, moves from your stomach into your small bowel too quickly after you eat. […] In dumping syndrome, food and gastric juices from your stomach move to your small intestine in an uncontrolled, abnormally fast manner. This is most often related to changes in your stomach associated with surgery, including any stomach surgery or major esophageal surgery, such as removal of the esophagus (esophagectomy). […] Late dumping syndrome starts 1 to 3 hours after you eat a high-sugar meal. It takes time for signs and symptoms to develop because after you eat your body releases large amounts of insulin to absorb the sugars entering your small intestine. The result is low blood sugar.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome | Treatment & Management | Point of Care
    https://www.statpearls.com/point-of-care/20752
    Dumping syndrome is likely caused by the rapid movement of chyme. […] The pylorus bypass or alteration of the gastric innervation can produce effects of decreased stomach reserve or rapid transit of hyperosmolar food material into the duodenum. […] In addition, the enteric nervous system plays a major role in the regulation of gastric emptying, involving several gastrointestinal (GI) hormones and the extrinsic innervation. […] There are two types of problems that can arise from gastric surgery- early and late dumping syndromes. […] In early dumping, the symptoms usually occur within 10 to 30 minutes after a meal. […] The rapid transit of hyperosmolar chyme from the stomach into the duodenum causes fluid to shift from the vasculature to the intestinal lumen, leading to increased volume in the small bowel.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome | CEG
    https://www.dovepress.com/dumping-syndrome-pragmatic-treatment-options-and-experimental-approach-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-CEG
    A second mechanism involved is the enhanced release of various gastrointestinal hormones resulting in (1) stimulation of gastrointestinal motility and secretion, and (2) enhanced release of vasoactive agents affecting both abdominal and systemic blood flow and vasomotor function. […] Postprandial hypoglycemia (PPH) occurs more often after bariatric surgery. […] The terms PPH and late dumping are used interchangeably. Some authors, however, differentiate the two conditions because of differences in the time of onset after surgery: dumping developing shortly after surgery (weeks), while hypoglycemia typically manifests at a later stage, months or sometimes years after bariatric surgery. […] Most importantly, the pathophysiology of dumping and PPH is identical and, in our opinion, PPH should be seen and treated as a late dumping manifestation.
  • #2 What Is Dumping Syndrome?
    https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/what-is-dumping-syndrome
    Dumping syndrome (DS) occurs when the stomach empties food into the small bowel at a faster rate than normal. […] Although the precise mechanism of DS is not known, dumping is a phenomenon usually caused by the destruction or bypass of the pyloric sphincter. […] It is believed that the osmotic gradient draws fluid into the intestine, and this may release one or more vasoactive hormones, such as serotonin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide. […] Early DS refers to dumping that usually happens within 10 to 30 minutes after eating. […] Due to the hyperosmolality of the food, fast fluid shifts from the plasma into the bowel occur, causing hypotension and a sympathetic nervous system response. […] Late DS is currently referred to as postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (PHH) and is a rare complication of bariatric surgery.
  • #2 Dumping syndrome – Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_syndrome
    Late dumping syndrome occurs 2 to 3 hours after a meal. It results from excessive movement of sugar into the intestine, which raises the body’s blood glucose level and causes the pancreas to increase its release of the hormone insulin. The increased release of insulin causes a rapid drop in blood glucose levels, a condition known as alimentary hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.
  • #2 International consensus on the diagnosis and management of dumping syndrome | Nature Reviews Endocrinology
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-020-0357-5
    Rapid delivery of undigested carbohydrates to the small intestine might result in high concentrations of glucose that induce a hyperinsulinaemic response, resulting in subsequent hypoglycaemia and related late dumping syndrome. […] An exaggerated GLP1 response is the key mediator of the hyperinsulinaemic and hypoglycaemic effect that is characteristic of late dumping syndrome. […] Gastric surgery can reduce gastric volume or remove the barrier function of the pylorus, which allows rapid delivery of food into the small intestine. […] The literature is not clear on the relative prevalence of early dumping syndrome versus late dumping syndrome. […] The success of RYGB surgery is usually attributed to gastric volume reduction and calorie malabsorption secondary to the bypass of the small intestine, which leads to markedly changed eating behaviour and meal patterns.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes | DHP Digestive Health Partners
    https://www.ncdhp.com/news/dumping-syndrome-information
    Dumping syndrome can occur after any type of stomach, gastric, or esophageal surgery. […] In early dumping syndrome, the rapid movement of food into the small intestine also causes fluid to move from the bloodstream to the small intestine also. This is what causes the bloating and diarrhea; and symptoms such as sweating and rapid heart rate are caused by substances released from the small intestine that speed up the heart rate, while at the same time lowering blood pressure. […] Late dumping syndrome has different causes than early dumping syndrome, and it typically occurs one to three hours after a meal. While both include rapid gastric emptying, late phase dumping syndrome occurs because of too much sugar and starch in your intestines. In late dumping syndrome, the influx of sugar causes your blood sugar level to rise. However, your pancreas then injects insulin into your cells, and too much insulin causes the opposite effect, which is low blood sugar (also known as hypoglycemia). […] Dumping syndrome treatment typically involves dietary changes. Those who have more severe, uncontrollable symptoms may be prescribed a medication known as octreotide. This medicine slows down the gastric emptying of your stomach and blocks the release of insulin.
  • #2 Azthena logo with the word Azthena
    https://www.news-medical.net/health/Dumping-Syndrome-Symptoms-and-Causes.aspx
    LDS is believed to be due to an overwhelming increase in insulin that leads to reactive hypoglycemia (i.e. low blood sugar level). It occurs anywhere between 1 to 3 hours after eating. The hypoglycemia associated with LDS causes symptoms such as: […] GLP-1 is thought to play a crucial role in LDS as it is a potent anti-hyperglycemic hormone. It is often found to have an elevated response in patients who have had operations that speed up gastric emptying and causes increased insulin secretion, further compounding hypoglycemia.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome | CEG
    https://www.dovepress.com/dumping-syndrome-pragmatic-treatment-options-and-experimental-approach-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-CEG
    Dumping syndrome is a common complication after esophageal, gastric and bariatric surgery and has a significant negative impact on the quality of life of patients. […] Dumping syndrome consists of early and late dumping symptoms and can be diagnosed using clinical parameters with the help of the Sigstads score, questionnaires or by provocative testing. […] Upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery can reduce gastric volume, remove the barrier function of the pylorus, or affect gastric motor function via vagal denervation. All these factors may lead to more rapid delivery of food into the small bowel. The hyperosmolar small bowel chyme may cause a fluid shift from the vascular compartment to the intestinal lumen, resulting in hypotension and occasionally even syncope. […] The occurrence of this fluid shift has previously been confirmed by a rise in hematocrit level in the first hour after meal ingestion or during dumping provocation tests.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology
    https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/173594-overview
    Dumping syndrome is the effect of altered gastric reservoir function, abnormal postoperative gastric motor function, and/or pyloric emptying mechanism. […] Clinically significant dumping syndrome occurs in approximately 10% of patients after any type of gastric surgery and in up to 50% of patients after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Dumping syndrome has characteristic alimentary and systemic manifestations. It is a frequent complication observed after a variety of gastric surgical procedures, such as vagotomy, pyloroplasty, gastrojejunostomy, and laparoscopic Nissan fundoplication. Dumping syndrome can be separated into early and late forms, depending on the occurrence of symptoms in relation to the time elapsed after a meal. […] Accelerated gastric emptying of liquids is a characteristic feature and a critical step in the pathogenesis of dumping syndrome. Gastric mucosal function is altered by surgery, and acid and enzymatic secretions are decreased. Also, hormonal secretions that sustain the gastric phase of digestion are affected adversely. All these factors interplay in the pathophysiology of dumping syndrome.
  • #2 Dumping syndrome: Causes, management, and patient education
    https://www.myamericannurse.com/dumping-syndrome/
    Dumping syndrome (DS), a well-established yet under-recognized side effect of upper GI surgery, occurs when the body reacts to food moving too rapidly from the stomach into the intestine, resulting in unpleasant symptoms such as a pounding pulse, sweating, dizziness, and nausea. […] DS clinical manifestations are categorized as either early or late, depending on how soon they begin after a meal. […] Early dumping, experienced by about 75% of those who report symptoms, occurs within 10 to 30 minutes after eating. Symptoms arise when the undigested food moves too quickly into the duodenum, causing fluid to shift from the surrounding tissues into the intestine to aid in the rapid dilution of the concentrated food. […] Late dumping, which occurs in about 25% of patients, typically presents within 1 to 3 hours after eating. The rapid movement of carbohydrates into the intestine releases an excessive amount of insulin from the pancreas in an attempt to maintain normoglycemia, but ultimately resulting in hypoglycemia.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome: Updated Perspectives on Etiologies and Diagnosis – Practical Gastro
    https://practicalgastro.com/2014/10/18/dumping-syndrome-updated-perspectives-on-etiologies-and-diagnosis/
    Although the surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease declined following the development of proton pump inhibitors, these surgeries are still performed for intractable disease. Additionally, accidental vagal nerve damage during Nissen fundoplications, as well as an increased number of gastric bypass surgeries, have kept DS very pertinent to current clinical practice. […] DS may also be associated with non-surgical etiologies, the most prominent being diabetes. Diabetes is a well-recognized etiology of rapid gastric emptying and is attributed to early vagal damage from Wallerian nerve degeneration. […] Our report highlights a patient population with a strong representation of non-surgical etiologies of DS. […] As we examined the non-surgical DS patients, we found a large proportion were idiopathic- an unexpected finding.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome | Treatment & Management | Point of Care
    https://www.statpearls.com/point-of-care/20752
    GI hormones such as enteroglucagon, pancreatic polypeptide, peptide YY, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide, and neurotensin have been evident with higher values after meals. […] Late dumping, also known as postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, usually occurs 1 to 3 hours after a high-carbohydrate meal. […] It is proposed that the rapid absorption of carbohydrates exaggerates the glucose-mediated insulin response.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome | 5-Minute Clinical Consult
    https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/5-Minute-Clinical-Consult/816042/all/Dumping_Syndrome?q=Hypoglycemia
    Pancreatic islet cell hyperplasia, rather than late dumping, is thought to be the underlying mechanism for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with nesidioblastosis after gastric bypass. […] A recent study showed glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) played a key role in the pathogenesis of late hypoglycemia after gastric bypass.
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    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10620-005-3046-2
    Exaggerated plasma concentrations of GLP-1 precede reactive hypoglycemia after oral glucose in gastrectomy patients, resulting in late dumping syndrome. […] Because sympathetic activation is thought to be a cause of early dumping, we hypothesized that exaggerated GLP-1 may contribute to the pathophysiology of early dumping syndrome. […] These results suggest that GLP-1 is involved in the pathophysiology of early dumping syndrome.
  • #2 Dumping Syndrome | CEG
    https://www.dovepress.com/dumping-syndrome-pragmatic-treatment-options-and-experimental-approach-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-CEG
    The reported incidence and prevalence of dumping syndrome varies widely and depends on (1) which definition and diagnostic criteria are used, and (2) the type and extent of surgery performed. […] The cause of dumping syndrome has shifted from post-upper GI surgery for benign gastric or duodenal ulcer disease to the majority of dumping syndrome being due to post-bariatric surgery and upper gastrointestinal oncologic surgery nowadays. […] After conservative steps have failed to manage symptoms of dumping syndrome, continuous enteral feeding or surgical interventions can be considered. […] Continuous enteral feeding by a jejunostomy or tube in the remnant stomach avoids symptoms triggered by meals but is invasive, associated with complications and has therefore a limited place in the management of dumping syndrome.
  • #2 Dumping after gastric bypass surgery: what you really need to know
    https://weightworks.nl/en/articles/dumping-syndrome-after-gastric-bypass-surgery-what-you-really-need-to-know/
    Dumping syndrome occurs frequently after gastric bypass surgery. Dumping refers to symptoms that occur when food passes from the stomach to the small intestine too quickly. When this happens, you may experience various abdominal symptoms. These symptoms occur because your body has trouble digesting and absorbing food quickly. This is because your stomach contents move to your small intestine too quickly due to the surgery. Dumping syndrome can occur with different types of gastric bypasses, such as the gastric bypass (GBP), mini gastric bypass (Mini GBP/OAGB), and gastric sleeve (GS). In both gastric bypass and Mini gastric bypass, part of your stomach is bypassed. This causes food to reach your small intestine faster. This increases the risk of dumping syndrome, especially if you eat a lot of sugars. With the gastric sleeve, a large part of your stomach is removed, leaving you with a smaller, tubular stomach. This can also lead to dumping syndrome, although the symptoms are often less severe than with the (mini) gastric bypass.
  • #2 Dumping syndrome after bariatric surgery: prevalence, pathophysiology and role in weight reduction – a systematic review
    https://lirias.kuleuven.be/4118035
    Dumping syndrome is a frequent and wellknown adverse event after bariatric surgery and covers a dynamic spectrum of early and late dumping. […] Accelerated gastric emptying is generally considered to be the cause of gastrointestinal and vasomotor complaints. […] However, there is much uncertainty regarding the exact pathophysiology of dumping. […] The pathophysiology is complex and ambiguous. […] Currently available data do not support dumping as a necessary condition to induce weight loss after bariatric surgery.
  • #2 Dumping syndrome: Causes, management, and patient education
    https://www.myamericannurse.com/dumping-syndrome/
    Another factor that may play a role in the pathophysiology of both early and late dumping is increased secretion of GI hormones, although their exact mechanism is unclear. […] DS isn’t life-threatening, but persistent symptoms can be alarming and cause physiologic and psychologic concerns. Severe dumping can be a precursor to several complications, including malnutrition and weight loss due to nutrient malabsorption and chronic diarrhea. […] Many patients with DS have symptoms similar to irritable bowel syndrome or gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying), which can result in misdiagnosis. […] The Sigstad scoring system was developed in 1970 to aid in the diagnosis of DS. […] Diet is the most effective way to manage DS. […] If dietary modifications are ineffective, pharmacologic interventions are the next step.
  • #3 Dumping Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment, Symptoms & Causes
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17835-dumping-syndrome
    Dumping syndrome is a medical condition in which your stomach empties its contents into your small intestine more rapidly than it should. Its also called rapid gastric emptying. When your stomach empties too quickly, your small intestine receives uncomfortably large amounts of poorly digested food. This can cause symptoms of nausea, bloating, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. It can also cause sudden blood sugar changes. […] Uncontrolled gastric emptying means that the valve at the bottom of your stomach, the pyloric valve, simply opens and dumps everything out, before your stomach has finished digesting. When your small intestine receives this mass of under-digested food, it makes adjustments to try and accommodate it. It draws in extra fluid volume and releases extra hormones. These adjustments cause the symptoms that people experience shortly after eating.
  • #3 American Nurse Today January 2018: Dumping Syndrome: Causes, Management, And Patient Education
    https://americannursetoday.mydigitalpublication.com/articles/dumping-syndrome-causes-management-and-patient-education
    Late dumping, which occurs in about 25% of patients, typically presents within 1 to 3 hours after eating. The rapid movement of carbohydrates into the intestine releases an excessive amount of insulin from the pancreas in an attempt to maintain normoglycemia, but ultimately resulting in hypoglycemia. The subsequent symptoms are a direct consequence of the hyperinsulinemic response: fatigue, difficulty concentrating, hunger, confusion, perspiration, tremors, and low blood glucose. […] Another factor that may play a role in the pathophysiology of both early and late dumping is increased secretion of GI hormones, although their exact mechanism is unclear. Hormones such as enteroglucagon, peptide YY, and glucagon-like peptide 1 are suspected to cause irregular GI motility, hemodynamic responses, and increased insulin release.
  • #3 Dumping Syndrome | 5-Minute Clinical Consult
    https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/5-Minute-Clinical-Consult/816042/all/Dumping_Syndrome?q=Hypoglycemia
    Pancreatic islet cell hyperplasia, rather than late dumping, is thought to be the underlying mechanism for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with nesidioblastosis after gastric bypass. […] A recent study showed glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) played a key role in the pathogenesis of late hypoglycemia after gastric bypass.
  • #3 Dumping Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
    https://www.netmeds.com/health-library/post/dumping-syndrome-causes-symptoms-and-treatment?srsltid=AfmBOooWqAkmotNoSitN6BrgNfk2ySuFBDpCt-xpKof6EJfnSdQOEYdo
    Dumping syndrome refers to a condition in which the stomach carries forward its components like food particles mainly sugars and peptic acids into the small intestine swiftly – at a pace much quicker than normal. Also known as rapid gastric emptying, dumping syndrome occurs commonly in individuals who have recently undergone gastrointestinal surgery. […] The primary reason for dumping syndrome is the fast movement of partially digested foods, as well as stomach acids and sugars from the stomach to the duodenum. This happens due to surgical procedures such as gastrectomy, gastric bypass, esophagectomy. […] Dumping syndrome arises in people with pre-existing gastrointestinal problems such as functional dyspepsia in which the upper digestive tract continuously moves food past the stomach, as well as nerve damage in the gut post esophageal surgery.
  • #3 Dumping Syndrome | CEG
    https://www.dovepress.com/dumping-syndrome-pragmatic-treatment-options-and-experimental-approach-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-CEG
    A second mechanism involved is the enhanced release of various gastrointestinal hormones resulting in (1) stimulation of gastrointestinal motility and secretion, and (2) enhanced release of vasoactive agents affecting both abdominal and systemic blood flow and vasomotor function. […] Postprandial hypoglycemia (PPH) occurs more often after bariatric surgery. […] The terms PPH and late dumping are used interchangeably. Some authors, however, differentiate the two conditions because of differences in the time of onset after surgery: dumping developing shortly after surgery (weeks), while hypoglycemia typically manifests at a later stage, months or sometimes years after bariatric surgery. […] Most importantly, the pathophysiology of dumping and PPH is identical and, in our opinion, PPH should be seen and treated as a late dumping manifestation.