Do I Have Gastroparesis Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. By the time your next meal arrives, which description most often fits?
My previous meal no longer leaves me unusually full.
I am occasionally less hungry than expected because some fullness remains.
I often still feel full enough to delay or reduce the next meal.
I regularly remain full for many hours, sometimes into the next morning.
2. Which statement best describes the connection between your symptoms and meal timing?
I have not noticed these symptoms around meals.
They occasionally occur after eating, but the connection is inconsistent.
They often begin or intensify within a few hours after eating.
They occur after most meals or continue from one meal period into the next.
3. Imagine eating a portion that was previously comfortable for you. What has tended to happen in the past four weeks?
I can usually finish it without becoming unusually full.
I stop early mainly when the meal is especially large or rich.
I often leave part of an ordinary portion because I feel full.
A few bites can make me feel unable to continue.
4. During the past four weeks, what has happened to your weight without deliberate dieting or increased exercise?
I have not noticed an unintended decrease.
I may have lost a small amount, but the change is slight.
There has been a clear unintended decrease in my weight or clothing fit.
The unintended loss has been rapid, continuing, or substantial enough to alarm me.
5. During the past four weeks, how often have you felt nauseated during or after eating?
Not at all
Once or twice
Several times a week
After most meals or nearly every day
6. During the past four weeks, how long has uncomfortable fullness usually lasted after an ordinary meal?
I have not had fullness beyond what I would expect after eating.
It has sometimes lasted up to about an hour.
It has often lasted several hours.
It has regularly lasted until the next meal or for most of the day.
7. On your most difficult symptom day, how well could you keep fluids down?
I could drink my usual amount without vomiting.
I drank less than usual but could keep fluids down.
I vomited some fluids but later managed to drink and urinate.
I could not keep fluids down for hours, urinated very little, or became markedly dizzy or faint.
8. Over the past four weeks, how have these symptoms affected nutrition and daily activities?
They have not changed my food intake or usual activities.
I have occasionally rearranged a meal or plan because of symptoms.
I have repeatedly missed meals, work, school, sleep, or social activities.
I have struggled to maintain adequate intake or carry out essential daily activities.
9. How would you describe abdominal pain or swelling associated with these symptoms?
I have not had associated abdominal pain or unusual swelling.
I have had mild discomfort that settles on its own.
I have had recurring or moderate pain or distension that interrupts what I am doing.
I have had sudden or severe pain, a rigid or markedly swollen abdomen, or pain with fainting.
10. Think about an ordinary solid meal compared with a drink or thin soup. How do symptoms usually differ?
Neither routinely causes unusual fullness, nausea, or vomiting.
Symptoms mainly follow unusually large, rich, or heavy meals.
Ordinary solid food causes symptoms more often than liquids do.
Even small amounts of solid food or liquid frequently trigger symptoms.
11. How often have meals been followed by retching or vomiting in the past four weeks?
They have not been followed by retching or vomiting.
This happened once.
This happened on several separate days.
This happened repeatedly in one week or after many meals.
12. Which description best matches anything you have brought up by vomiting or regurgitation?
I have not vomited or regurgitated fluid.
I have brought up sour or clear fluid without unusual color or blood.
I have had repeated vomiting without visible blood, coffee-ground material, or green fluid.
I have seen blood, coffee-ground-like material, or green fluid; even one occurrence fits here.
13. If you have vomited after eating, which timing and appearance best matches your experience?
I have not vomited after eating.
It occurred soon after a meal, without clearly recognizable food from hours earlier.
Food was still recognizable roughly two to four hours after I ate it.
Food from many hours earlier, or from the prior evening, was still recognizable.
14. Have you changed the size or form of your meals because eating feels uncomfortable?
No, symptoms have not led me to change my meals.
I occasionally choose a smaller meal after a difficult episode.
I routinely eat smaller portions or split meals to manage symptoms.
I depend mostly on very small snacks or liquids because ordinary meals feel intolerable.
15. How often has your upper abdomen felt noticeably bloated or distended after eating during the past four weeks?
Not at all
On one or two occasions
Several times a week
After most meals or nearly every day