Treatment Options For Gastroparesis

More Intravenous Feeding

One of the potential treatments for gastroparesis is called total parenteral nutrition, which is a method of supplying the body with all nutritional needs by going around the digestive system and intravenously feeding a nutrient solution into an individual's vein. Intravenous feeding is recommended for patients who can't get nutrition through eating.

These circumstances include patients with obstructed intestines, small intestines that cannot absorb nutrients, or digestive systems with abnormal connections. It can also be used in cases where an individual's bowels must rest and not have food moving through them. In patients with gastroparesis, total parenteral nutrition is used on a more permanent basis because their digestive systems can't properly break down food.