Natasha Diddee, a famous food blogger recently passed away and reports say that she suffered from symptoms of dumping syndrome. What is this condition and what are the symptoms?
Dumping syndrome has come to light right after the demise of the popular food blogger Natasha Diddee. In recent news, this famous food blogger passed away last Sunday. The exact reason of her death in not known yet. However, reports state that she had had her stomach removed due to the presence of tumors. After that, she reported experiencing symptoms like nausea, dizziness, and fatigue after eating. All these symptoms can be connected to a condition called dumping syndrome, say experts.
What is dumping syndrome? Medical Journal Mayo Clinic defines this conditions as when, certain types of foods will move from your stomach to the bowel very quickly. This typically happens to food that are very high in sugar content. The duration between eating and the food passing into your bowel is very fast and happens right after eating. This is also called rapid gastric emptying. Why does this happen? The reason may be a surgery in the stomach or in the oesophagus.
Symptoms Of Dumping Syndrome
Dumping syndrome is not a very well-known health problem and most people will not know the symptoms of it. Read on to be more aware. Here are the symptoms as stated by Mayo Clinic:
- Dumping syndrome may happen 2 to 3 minutes after eating food.
- It happens more when you eat sucrose and fructose.
- Bloating in the stomach right after eating food.
- Feeling nauseous.
- Painful cramps in the abdomen.
- Vomiting.
- Diarrhea.
- Dizziness and lightheadedness.
- Very high heart rate.
- Flushing.
Symptoms Of Late Dumping Syndrome
What is late dumping syndrome? Experts state that there are two types of dumping syndrome. The first one starts two to three minutes after eating food and the second one starts one to three hours after a person eats a meal high in sugar. The latter one is called late dumping syndrome and here are its symptoms:
- Dizziness, lightheadedness,
- Weakness in the body,
- Flushing,
- Sweating, and
- Rapid heart rate
