One of the biggest problems experienced after bariatric surgery is nausea. There are several main causes of nausea after sleeve gastrectomy. The most important of these is to force the stomach, which has a small volume, with more food than it can take. For this reason, eating and drinking should be stopped as soon as saturation is felt.

What Causes Nausea After Gastric Sleeve Gastrectomy?

Another factor that can cause nausea after gastric sleeve gastrectomy is eating food fast and swallowing without chewing much. Behaviors such as eating more than necessary, eating fast and swallowing without chewing much are frequently seen in people who have had or will have gastric sleeve surgery. Changing such wrong behaviors in nutrition after bariatric surgery is very important to prevent nausea after sleeve gastrectomy. The incidence of nausea decreases as recovery after gastric reduction surgery progresses. However, as long as the mistakes made in nutrition continue, nausea may continue to be experienced. The “nutrition plan after bariatric surgery” planned in accordance with the recovery process after stomach reduction surgery should be explained to you by your dietician. If there is a feeling of indigestion in the food eaten according to the planned diet, there may be complaints of nausea. In case of nausea, food intake should be stopped for the first 2 hours. If relief is felt, only liquid foods (such as water, sugar-free compote or pure apple juice) should be consumed on the same day. The food that causes nausea should not be consumed for 1 week and then tried again. Nausea after gastric sleeve gastrectomy may cause weakness, fatigue, dehydration, drowsiness and pain and cramps due to retching. In such a case, it would be best to contact your dietician and bariatric surgery doctors. It is very important that your surgical team follows you closely in this regard.