[Symptoms of diabetic gastroenteropathy in patients with diabetes]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2020 Nov 30;182(49):V6200462.
[Article in Danish]

Abstract

Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, and faecal incontinence are common symptoms of diabetic gastroenteropathy and often have a major impact on quality of life. The symptoms are usually caused by widespread dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract. Hence, diagnosis requires panenteric assessment. The general principles of management are glycaemic control, diet, prokinetics, laxatives, and in selected cases, gastric electrical stimulation, which is summarised in this review.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Constipation / drug therapy
  • Diabetes Mellitus* / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus* / drug therapy
  • Fecal Incontinence* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Laxatives / therapeutic use
  • Quality of Life

Substances

  • Laxatives