During bariatric surgery (for weight loss) or when operating for aggressive stomach cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body, a patient may have part or the whole stomach. Normally, this organ absorbs vitamins and initiates digestion by mixing food with stomach acids which breaks it down. After the stomach is removed, surgeons connect the esophagus directly to the small intestine.
After surgery, patients can still eat solid foods, but can only ingest small amounts at a time and may need to avoid certain foods to avoid “hunting syndrome,” which occurs when food passes by too quickly. in the small intestine, explains the gastroenterologist Abdullah Shatnawei. “When food is spilled into the small intestine, feelings of lightheadedness, lightheadedness, sweating may occur, along with bloating and a feeling of satiety and fullness,” he says. They also sometimes experience the sudden urge to go to the bathroom.
