This informational paper covers what the digestive disorder gastroparesis is, its causes, symptoms, how it is diagnosed, complications associated with the disorder, and treatments for the disorder. My intentions are to give the reader a crisper knowledge of gastroparesis. Gastroparesis is a disorder characterized by which the stomach has the inability to empty itself of ingested food in a normal way. Gastroparesis has multiple causes. The most common cause is damage to the vagus nerve, …showed first 75 words of 616 total…

…showed last 75 words of 616 total…a jejunostomy tube may be used, though temporarily. Another option within the more severe suffers may include intravenous or parenteral nutrition. This option is also temporary.  Works Cited Grayson, MD. Charlotte E., The Cleveland Clinic Department of Gastroenterology. WebMD, April 2004. Retrieved from the World Wide Web July 30, 2005: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/102/106878.htm Martini, Frederic H., Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, Sixth Edition.,Pearson Education, Inc., as Benjamin Cummings., 2004. San Francisco, CA.