Any score greater than 8 kPA on VCTE should be referred to Hepatology for further assessment
It also helps quiet food cravings and what people call food noise, those constant thoughts about food (what to eat, when to eat, how much to eat) that can throw off your day, and take up way too much mental space
I think cost [of GLP-1 drugs] will be an ongoing issue
Some patients experience constipation during this phase due to slowed gastrointestinal motility
The real goal is to build a body thats stronger, steadier, and ready to support you for the long term
Gastroparesis (also known as stomach paralysis) is a chronic disease that affects the nerves and muscles in the stomach, interfering with the muscle activity (peristalsis), making stomach muscle contractions slower and weaker, slowing the movement of food through the stomach and small intestine and causing food not to be properly processed or emptied