Prevalence of Gastric Motility Disorders in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Gastric motility abnormalities have been considered to be pathophysiological features of functional dyspepsia (FD) that are closely related to dyspepsia symptoms, especially postprandial distress syndrome (PDS). The aims of this study are to (1) investigate the prevalence of gastric motility disorders and (2) evaluate the association between gastric motility abnormalities and dyspeptic symptoms using gastric scintigraphy in the PDS type of FD. METHODS: Forty healthy subjects and 94 PDS type FD patients were enrolled in the study. The volunteers and patients ingested a radiolabeled (technetium-99m) solid test meal, and scintigraphic images were recorded. Gastric accommodation and emptying were assessed by scintigraphic imaging. The patients’ dyspeptic symptoms were also explored using self-completed symptom questionnaires with 10 variables (4 scales, 0–3 points) at the same time. RESULTS: In 94 Japanese FD patients, the prevalence of impaired gastric accommodation and delayed emptying were 14.9% (14/94) and 10.6% (10/94), respectively. Gastric motility abnormalities were seen in 25.5% (24/94) of FD patients. There was no association between gastric motility abnormalities and dyspeptic symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Gastric motility abnormalities were seen in 25.5% of Japanese PDS type FD patients. However, there was no association between gastric motility abnormalities and dyspeptic symptoms on gastric scintigraphy.

Profile of the Patients Consulting A KANPO / 日本東洋医学雑誌

Only a few years have passed by since the national health insurance began to be applied to the KANPO treatments. In order to grasp the patients profile of KANPO treatments, 3, 156 patients who consulted Shibuya Clinic from the lst of December in 1981 through the 30th of November in 1982, were analyzed. As the result; (1) in the respect of sex-age distribution in number, middle-aged female were most frequent. (2) the classification of chief complaints associated with the sex-age distribution seemed to suggest that the symptoms might change by aging from those of the upper respiratory tract or the skin lesion to arthralgia or lumbago, from the surface to the deep, or from the upper to the lower part of the body. we also tried to compare the result with this kind of reports of the others.