ramakentesh Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10286-012-0185-3Abnormal gastric myoelectrical activity in postural tachycardia syndrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 here is another article along the same lines ... more or lesshttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23465771Gastrointestinal manifestations of pediatric autonomic disorders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rachel Cox Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 does this mean that all the POTS patients in the study had gastro pacemakers? How do they measure the electrics using pacemaker technology if they don't? I am fascinated by the gastro pacemaker after gastroenterologist mentioned it the other day. Does anyone on here have one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 I could use a WHOLE gastrointestinal tract pacemaker! Kind of embarrassing, but I can get gas build up in the intestines that does not move, and I just bloat and bloat. If I wouldn't take Milk of Magnesia to get things moving along, it would ALL just sit for days. When it is really bad, I have trouble breathing and I'm anxious and pacing(well, up for a few minutes then down). Every position I get in feels like I am cutting my circulation off in my abdomen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Rachel,if my understanding of the first article - the one posted by Rama - is correct, I believe they used cutaneous electrogastrography - recordings being made using the skin surface to evaluate the electrical activity of the GI tract.see more on the technique hee:www.bcidaho.com/providers/medical_policies/med/mp_20134.aspAlex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Cox Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Thanks Alex. Sue... are you sure you aren't having pseudo-obstruction? This can be part of dysautonomia. My gastro guy thinks that he can fix this next time it comes up and won't go away. I often bloat, but time, mestinon and fennel seed tea help. It's just that sometimes nothing helps (I guess that is when the nerves just aren't getting their messages through) and I have to go in to hospital. Sip and suck is what he called his methods (sounds nasty). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Maybe this will shed some light on how to properly treat GI issues related to dysautonomia ....fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 here you have several more full text articles on POTS and GI problems - maybe they will help you guys figure things outhttp://www.hindawi.com/journals/grp/2009/868496/http://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Fulltext/2001/07000/Autonomic_Abnormalities_in_Children_With.8.aspxhttp://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Fulltext/2005/04000/Gastrointestinal_Symptoms_Associated_with.5.aspxhttp://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Citation/1995/10000/Generalized_Autonomic_Dysfunction_in_Children_With.89.aspxhttp://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(02)00120-8/fulltexthttp://journals.lww.com/jpgn/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2001&issue=07000&article=00008&type=fulltextthey seem to be mostly aimed at childrenhappy readingAlex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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