Problem with stomach not emptying as it should

25/100 I have a problem with my stomach not emptying as it should and causing me pain. Does any one have that problem I was dx a year ago with Parkinson's. I started on 1tab of primidone 50mg twice a day for essential tremors and 1tab 3 times a day of carbadopa/lev for Parkinson's

[soup]

Constipation is one of those eternal problems with Parkinson's. Have you spoken to your medical team about this yet? That would be wise before embarking on buying laxatives or any meds because some don't do well with PD meds

Have you gone down the high fibre and plenty of caffeine free liquids route?

Have you tried using a low step (just like one buys for toddlers to stand on in the bathroom) to raise your feet up into a squatting position almost? You sit down first, then pull the step towards you and lift your feet on to it. You don't have to put any weight on it or balance, it is purely to get your feet higher and find a comfortable seated squatting position.

squattypotty.co.uk/

Here is a link to more information about the Squatty Potty. I'm not connected to the company and indeed I used a cheap plastic step bought in one of those 'poundland' type shops to try it out first.

Exercise is excellent for stimulating the bowel too.

[Balderdash]

You should discuss it with your doctor

Heres some further info to add to soups

Its called gastroparesis, Domperidone [Motilium] can help short term but its banned in some countries[not banned in uk].Smaller more frequent meals and diet review recommended. It may be just certain foods The rate of your stomach emptying depends on what you eat.

Nutritive density of meals helps determine gastric -emptying time, not amounts protein, fat, or carbohydrate

SOME FACTS

•Increase in acidity and caloric value slows down gastric emptying time.

•Biological factors such as age, body mass index (BMI), posture and disease status influence gastric emptying.

•In elderly persons, gastric emptying is slowed down.

•Generally females have slower gastric emptying rates than males.

•Stress increases gastric emptying rates

•Depression slows it down.

OTHER FACTORS

1.Volume of liquids you drink affects the gastric emptying time.

2.A larger drink, the emptying is faster.

3. Fluids taken at body temperature leave the stomach faster than colder or warmer fluids.

4.Studies have revealed that gastric emptying of some pills in the fed state can also be influenced by size. Small-size pills escape quickly

5. There is a difference between gastric emptying times of a, liquid, digestible

solid, and indigestible solid[to big and its thrown back.]

[bachcla]

My wife developed constipation problems, and the doctor recommended fiber tablets. She took

them daily and the problem improved significantly, without side effects. I don't have PD, but do

occasionally have constipation, so I took the same tablets and things improved considerably for

me to. Problem with my wife, she didn't eat cereal because she didn't like milk. Talk with your

doctor about fiber pills. And good luck.

[JohnPepper]

Hi. Constipation is probably the most common problem experienced with Pd. There are several things you can do about it. The first is exercise. Walking helps the stomach muscles to move the stool through the intestines. Taking time to get your stomach to work at a regular time each day, is also a good practice. If you find that you know you need to defecate but are unable to do so, then you can, while sitting on the loo, try to massage the anus, with a wad of toilet paper, or better still, some vaseline on your fingers. You will find that the muscles around the anus tend to relax, as you push down with the stomach muscles, and you will be able to pass the stool quite easily. Don't rub toilet paper on the anus as it is very abrasive. Good luck

For lots of information on Pd, visit my website: reverseparkinsons.net.

John