Gastric emptying time in bilharzial patients with and without hepatitis-C virus infection

ABSTRACT

Eighty one adult male Egyptian bilharzial patients were subjected to the study. Their ages ranged from 25 to 45 years. Their complains were nausea, vomiting, eructation and epigastric pain. Full clinical, laboratory examination, liver biopsies, upper endoscopy, ECG and barium meal, were done to every patient. They were divided into 3 groups. Group I, bilharzial patients who were negative for hepatitis- C, group II, bilharzial patients who were positive for hepatis-C, and group III, control group [normal persons]. Gastric emptying time was prolonged in group I, but was more prolonged in group II patients. There were strong positive correlations between symptoms and gastric emptying times