Am. Caballeroplasencia et al., DYSPEPTIC SYMPTOMS AND GASTRIC-EMPTYING OF SOLIDS IN PATIENTS WITH FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA - ROLE OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI INFECTION, Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology, 30(8), 1995, pp. 745-751
Background: Our aim was to investigate the relation between dyspeptic
symptoms, gastric emptying of digestible and indigestible solids, and
Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with functional dyspepsia. M
ethods: We used isotopic labeling and radiologic techniques to study g
astric emptying of a solid meal and of 10 radiopaque indigestible soli
ds in 50 healthy volunteers and 50 patients with functional dyspepsia.
In addition, we determined the presence of seven symptoms of dyspepsi
a and added the score for each symptom to obtain an index of dyspepsia
for each patient. Results: Seventy-eight per cent of our dyspeptic pa
tients had gastroparesis to a solid meal, and 68% to indigestible soli
ds. We found no apparent relation between gastroparesis or H. pylori i
nfection and dyspeptic symptoms separately or as an index of dyspepsia
. Moreover, the presence of the bacteria was not related to gastropare
sis to a solid meal or to indigestible solids. Conclusions: We conclud
e that neither symptoms of dyspepsia nor H. pylori appears to be relat
ed to gastroparesis to solids. H. pylori infection is not related to d
yspeptic symptoms.