Feature of early dumping syndrome is: (A) Occurs immediately after meals, (B) Relieved with food, (C) Aggravated by exercise, (D) Symptoms are tremors, faintness, prostration
Answer is A. (A) Occurs immediately after meals FEATURES OF EARLY AND LATE DUMPING EarlyLate* Incidence5-10%5%* Relation to mealsAlmost immediateSecond hour after meal* Durations of attack30-40 minutes30-40 minutes* ReliefLying downFood* Aggravated byMore foodExercise* Precipitating factorFood, especiallyAs early dumping carbohydrate-rich & wet* Major symptomsEpigastric fullness, sweating, light- headedness, tachycardiaTremor, faintness, prostration, colic, sometimes diarrhoea