Diseases and Conditions
Dumping syndrome
Overview
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Causes
Risk factors
Diagnosis
Treatment
Alternative medicine
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Causes
In dumping syndrome, food and gastric juices from your stomach move to your small intestine in an uncontrolled, abnormally fast manner. This is most often related to changes in your stomach associated with surgery.
Dumping syndrome can occur after any stomach surgery or major esophageal surgery, such as removal of the esophagus (esophagectomy).