Difference between revisions of "Gastric Motility Disorders"
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Can affect both dogs and cats. | Can affect both dogs and cats. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Abnormal gastric motility has been cited as a contributing factor of conditions such as gastric dilatation-volvulus and gastric outflow obstruction that has resulted from pylorospasm. Many potential causes of gastric stasis have been proposed | + | Abnormal gastric motility has been cited as a contributing factor of conditions such as gastric dilatation-volvulus and gastric outflow obstruction that has resulted from pylorospasm. Many potential causes of gastric stasis have been proposed: |
| + | *nervous inhibition due to pain or trauma | ||
| + | *electrolyte or acid-base imbalances | ||
| + | *uraemia | ||
| + | *hypothyroidism | ||
| + | *hepatic encephalopathy | ||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
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Can affect both dogs and cats.
Description
Abnormal gastric motility has been cited as a contributing factor of conditions such as gastric dilatation-volvulus and gastric outflow obstruction that has resulted from pylorospasm. Many potential causes of gastric stasis have been proposed:
- nervous inhibition due to pain or trauma
- electrolyte or acid-base imbalances
- uraemia
- hypothyroidism
- hepatic encephalopathy