anyone dealing with gastroporesis and MC?

[Njskinner51]

anyone dealing with both gastroparesis and MC?

[tex]

Hi NJ,

Welcome to our Internet family. Gastroparesis is not particularly common with MC, but it occurs often enough to be considered a side effect of MC (IMO). For example, I had it, but only occasionally. Sometimes, when it occurred, I could eventually feel my pyloric valve open to allow the chyme to empty out of my stomach, which of course relieved the symptoms.

It's usually a symptom of chronic magnesium deficiency. Back when I had the problem, I didn't realize that I even had a magnesium deficiency. But now, when I look back, I was clearly magnesium deficient. The reason why I claim that it's a side-effect of MC is because MC causes a magnesium deficiency, and so do the most of the most effective drugs used to treat MC.

Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.

Tex

[Gabes-Apg]

welcome
as Tex has said above, issues like gastoparisis are very much linked to magnesium deficiency and potassium deficiency.

following low inflammation eating and lifestyle plan, fixing key deficiencies will resolve the issue.

hope this helps

[T]

Gastroparesis is the pits just as bad as MC.
Last fall I was diagnosed with bile reflux by A general surgeon so I got A new GI (only had A colon spec.before) CT scan in December and gastroparesis was the DX was on Reglan for 90 days and it worked until I stopped the Reglan now my stomach wont empty.(again)
Stool samples taken and it showed no inflammation in my gut and pancreas was fine.(Will know next week if MC is in remission)
So next week I will have A EGD and colonoscopy done for the third time in my lifetime.
My sodium has been low for A year and half (due to the water pill in my BP meds) potassium good but have no clue on magnesium(NP quit checking it since I told her blood work not accurate)At the moment I am taking Reglan just to get me through there is A black box warning on Reglan 90 days max.
https://www.drugs.com/reglan.html

Terry

[tex]

Terry,

Ask for an RBC test for magnesium. A valid result (adequate magnesium) would be in the range of 6.0–6.8. The RBC test is reasonably accurate and reliable but the so-called "normal" range that's listed is too low.

Tex

[T]

Tex
Maybe I will just ask my GI this week since electrolites can be A cause of Gastroparesis.

http://www.medicinenet.com/gastroparesis/page2.htm

Terry

[dolson]

I do believe diabetics are prone to Gastroparesis. That's one of the symptoms, if you don't watch you blood sugar levels. I am quite sure my father, a Type 1 diabetic like me, had Gastroparesis. I hate diabetes. The pharma companies will never find a cure. We're the cash cow and they don't want us to get well. I spend a fortune on diabetes. I have worked hard to keep well and so far, NO Gastroparesis. It's a job trying to keep healthy!

[tex]

Hi dorothy,

Published medical research shows that diabetes is closely associated with a magnesium deficiency. It's my opinion that the gastroparesis so common among diabetics is primarily caused by magnesium deficiency. I wrote a book a few years ago called 8 Ways to Prevent Pancreatic Cancer. That book includes a discussion of this association, and it includes medical references. You can download a copy at:

https://www.amazon.com/8-Ways-Prevent-P ... 01LZ5E40J/

It was intended to be a free book, and I don't get any royalties from it, but Amazon charges for it (Amazon didn't get rich by giving away merchandise). I can see how the printed version involves production costs, but the digital version is practically all profit for them.

Tex

[TXBrenda]

Gastroparesis can be associated with Parkinson's Disease. My mom was diagnosed with that long before she was diagnosed with PD. She didn't have diabetes or MC.

[tex]

If you check the literature, you'll find that another of the predictors (and markers/symptoms) of Parkinson's is constipation, which is also a symptom of magnesium deficiency. The reason why I'm familiar with all this research is because about 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. But it turns out I don't have Parkinson's — I had a magnesium deficiency. Fortunately I figured out the connection and resolved it in time. I can't say that this connection is true for every patient, but it's certainly true for most Parkinson's patients. And it was true for me — I also had C for most of my life, until I developed MC.

Tex

[TXBrenda]

Thanks Tex. This information is too late to help my mom because she pasted away last December. All of her health problems were related to Parkinsons. Not only did she have parkinsons related tremors, her DAP (sp?) scan result was positive for Parkinsons and Dementia.

My brother has started to experience constipation issues. I'll pass this information on to him. He can decide what he wants to do. It is a relative easy fix for issues that can cause many problems later in life.

I think I have a copy of your book you mentioned above. I'll dig it out for him. First thing I need to do is read it again, lol.

[tex]

Brenda,

This information might be helpful for your brother. The following quote is from chapter 5 of my book Why Magnesium Is the Key to Long-Term Health.

Could Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease be symptoms of a chronic magnesium deficiency?
The Michael J Fox Foundation, points out that almost 80 % of Parkinson's patients have constipation. And the constipation usually begins several years before the Parkinson's symptoms begin to show up (Dolhun, 2014, December 08).42 As we have already seen in previous discussions in this book, constipation is a very common symptom of magnesium deficiency
Furthermore, the Michael J Fox Foundation also points out that a certain protein that's found in clumps in the brains of all Parkinson's disease patients can also be found in certain other locations in the body outside of the brain, including the enteric nervous system. This protein is known as alpha-synuclein). The enteric nervous system is made up of the nerves that control the digestive system, and it's sometimes referred to as the second brain (Dolhun, 2014, December 08). The question of interest here is whether alpha-synuclein might develop in the gut first, and then spread to the brain where it eventually causes motor symptoms.

We know from published research that Parkinson's patients have lower vitamin D levels than people who don't have Parkinson's, (Kwon et al., 2016).43 We also know magnesium has been shown to prevent the clumping of alpha-synuclein (Golts et al., 2002).44 That suggests that a chronic magnesium deficiency might allow a buildup of clumps of alpha-synuclein.

A similar situation exists with Alzheimer's disease, with neurofibrillary tangles known as tau in the brain of Alzheimer's patients (Guo et al., 2013).45 So far no one has published proof that magnesium resolves neurofibrillary tangles, but some neurologists have already begun experimenting with using magnesium to treat Alzheimer's patients (Jones, 2013, May 27).46 My point here is that Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases may not actually be diseases so much as they might be symptoms of decades of ignoring a magnesium deficiency.

Remember — vitamin D and magnesium work together to protect the immune system and keep it working properly. We discussed on page two of chapter one that adequate magnesium is necessary in order to activate vitamin D so that the immune system can use it to defend the body against all types of adverse events. Perhaps some form of magnesium threonate may eventually be shown to be advantageous for treating or preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

Here are references 42–46, from that quote:

42 Dolhun, R. (2014, December 08). Gut check on Parkinson's: New findings on bacteria levels. Retrieved from https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/ ... ria-levels

43 Kwon, K. Y., Jo, K. D., Lee, M. K., Oh, M, Kim, E. N., Park, J.,. . . . Jang, W. (2016). Low serum vitamin D levels may contribute to gastric dysmotility in de novo Parkinson's disease. Neurodegenerative Diseases, 16(3-4),199-205. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26735311

44 Golts, N., Snyder, H., Frasier, M., Theisler, C., Choi, P., & Wolozin, B. (2002). Magnesium inhibits spontaneous and iron-induced aggregation of alpha-synuclein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(18), 16116–16123. Retrieved from http://www.jbc.org/content/277/18/16116.long

45 Guo, J. L., Covell, D. J., Daniels, J. P., Iba, M., Stieber, A., Zhang, B., & Lee, V. M. (2013). Distinct α-synuclein strains differentially promote tau inclusions in neurons. Cell Journal, 154(1),103–117. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820001/

46 Jones, R. (2013, May 27). Magnesium supplement to treat alzheimer’s disease. Knowing Neurons. [Web log message]. Retrieved from https://knowingneurons.com/2013/05/27/m ... s-disease/

[dolson]

I always thought Potassium was deficient with diabetics. When I get painful foot cramps, I pop a few Potassium supplements and the spasms go away. I also take Magnesium. I think I need to increase my dosage.

Back in the good ole days when people slaughtered their animals and grew their food, did they get enough Magnesium? We have diseases today that only older people had yesteryear. I feel the junk food people consume today is killing many, in my humble opinion. Thanks for the information Tex. Dorothy

[tex]

Diabetics may have a problem with potassium deficiency for all I know, but research shows that most of them have a magnesium deficiency, so they might have to be sure they have plenty of both.

I agree with you. Back in the good old days there was more magnesium in the soil, so most food had more magnesium. Also most people raised their own animals and they fed minerals (including magnesium) free choice. These days animal feeding is almost all done by large feedlots and they don't feed free choice minerals — those are in the ration, so they only get minimal amounts. Soils are much more depleted these days, and low on magnesium. All farmers use commercial fertilizer these days, and do not replenish any magnesium to the soil.

Tex

[brandy]

Is free choice feeding the animal eats what it wants?