What is dumping or dumping syndrome?

Can somebody explain this?

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  • It usually happens with RYN surgery but can also happen with the sleeve. when you eat something that doesnt agree with you , you get sweaty , heart palipitations, sick to your stomach, dizzy, supposinlgy you feel really really bad and then you have to head to the bathroom and let it rip ....... I think you can fill in the rest. they say it last about 30 minutes. I have never felt one yet thank the lord.... :wink:
  • Onaughmae
    Onaughmae Posts: 873 Member
    I actually dumped for the first time the other day at 6 months out. I knew I was pushing my carb limit but I did it anyway :( Yeah....wont do that again! Got shaky, sweaty, and I could actually feel my heart beating in my neck...lasted about 30 minutes then thankfully passed. That bite (or two or three) of banana pudding was NOT worth it!
  • dr2k12
    dr2k12 Posts: 291 Member
    I've had what I believe to be dumping syndrome two or three times in my three months post-op. Never the "running to the bathroom" part thankfully but felt awful and sweated profusely for sure...

    Twice it was from sugar
    Once it was from eating too much too fast
  • JfMarrs
    JfMarrs Posts: 110 Member
    I found a wiki article on it which I'll post a little bit below. I haven't really experienced it myself yet at 6 months out but I have been really uncomfortable after eating some really dense foods like chicken too quickly. I have avoided ice cream, sweets and high carb snacks like the plague since surgery as don't want to ever experience dumping.

    from the wiki:

    "Gastric dumping syndrome, or rapid gastric emptying is a condition where ingested foods bypass the stomach too rapidly and enter the small intestine largely undigested. It happens when the upper end of the small intestine, the duodenum, expands too quickly due to the presence of hyperosmolar (having increased osmolarity) food from the stomach. "Early" dumping begins concurrently with or immediately succeeding ingestion of a meal. Symptoms of early dumping include nausea, vomiting, bloating, cramping, diarrhea, dizziness, and fatigue. "Late" dumping happens one to three hours after eating. Symptoms of late dumping include weakness, sweating, and dizziness. Many people have both types. The syndrome is most often associated with gastric surgery.

    Rapid loading of the small intestine with hypertonic stomach contents can lead to rapid entry of water into the intestinal lumen. Osmotic diarrhea, distension of the small bowel (leading to crampy abdominal pain), and hypovolemia can result.

    In addition, people with this syndrome often suffer from low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, because the rapid "dumping" of food triggers the pancreas to release excessive amounts of insulin into the bloodstream. This type of hypoglycemia is referred to as "alimentary hypoglycemia.""
  • grim_traveller
    grim_traveller Posts: 625 Member
    Congratulations on passing the 200 pounds lost mark! That's quite an accomplishment.