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title: VNS and Gastroparesis | Knowledge Hub | Byond Healthcare
description: Gastroparesis, a chronic motility disorder, learn more about vagus nerve stimulation and Gastroparesis.
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# How does VNS help with Gastroparesis?

Gastroparesis, a chronic motility disorder characterized by abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and delayed gastric emptying of solid food in the absence of a mechanical obstruction. 

The primary management of gastroparesis involves patient education and dietary therapy; correcting fluid, electrolyte and nutritional deficiencies; identifying and treating the cause of delayed gastric emptying (for example, diabetes mellitus; medications); and palliating symptoms with pharmacological agents as first-line therapies.

 **nVNS was very well tolerated** and no adverse events were reported during or after treatment. Responders showed significant symptom improvement in the Patient-Reported Outcomes  Measurement Information System (PROMIS) gastrointestinal and pain symptom subscales

Short-term non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation led to **improved cardinal symptoms and accelerated gastric emptying** in a subset of patients with idiopathic gastroparesis. ([Gottfried-Blackmore et al., 2019](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31802596/))

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