Patient & caregiver education

Living With Gastroparesis

Plain-language guides for people living with gastroparesis, dumping syndrome, and related digestive motility conditions — written for patients and caregivers, not clinicians.

Every guide covers one topic in plain terms: what's happening in your body, why, and what you can do about it. Clinical terms are defined as you read.

Condition basics

Understanding gastroparesis

What delayed stomach emptying actually is, what causes it, and how it's diagnosed and managed — including a live simulation comparing a healthy stomach to a gastroparetic one.

What is it? Why it happens Living with it Glossary
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Diagnosis

How gastroparesis is diagnosed

How the 4-hour emptying study works step by step, what the longer whole-gut tests measure, and why the diagnosis is reached differently around the world.

Getting to a diagnosis The 4-hour test Longer tests and other routes Glossary
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Food & nutrition

Eating with gastroparesis

Why the same food behaves differently depending on its form, the three changes that make everyday eating easier, and how to get through flares and hard days.

Why food behaves differently Everyday eating Hard days and flares Glossary
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Treatment

Medications guide

Common gastroparesis medicines explained in plain language: which ones speed up emptying, which only calm the nausea, and the warnings worth knowing before you start.

How they work Getting things moving Easing the nausea Glossary
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Emergency

Vasovagal response

Recognizing and safely managing fainting episodes — the early warning signs, the step-by-step response protocol, and why getting low to the floor prevents the real injuries.

What's happening Warning signs Emergency response Glossary
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Why this site exists: gastroparesis and related motility conditions are an underserved community that too often gets left without clear answers. More about this site, how it's sourced, and how to link to it.