What is Dumping syndrome that killed food blogger Natasha Diddee who lived without stomach for years
Natasha Diddee, a famous food blogger passed away at the age of 50 on March 24 in Pune after suffering from Dumping Syndrome.
According to reports, Natasha had lost her stomach to stress. In 2019, Diddee was diagnosed with cancer and developed tumours in her stomach due to which her entire stomach was removed after she was diagnosed with a tumour.
The 50-year-old was known as the Gutless Foodie blogger who was a chef by profession and was living her life without a stomach. But can a person live without a stomach?
Life without a stomach
Reports have noted that Diddee’s life was without a stomach, she lived with lots of food-related limitations since she could not digest her food. In many of her interviews, Diddee revealed that she was allowed to eat some mini-meals throughout the day, except for rice. She suffered from dumping syndrome which shows symptoms like diarrhoea, nausea and a feeling of light-headness or tiredness after a meal which leads to rapid gastric emptying.
In reports, it was also highlighted that whatever, she ate directly went into her intestine and the side effects of this showed up as extreme sweating, immense yawing and multiple trips to the toilet.
What is dumping syndrome?
According to Cleveland Clinic, Dumping syndrome is a medical condition in which your stomach empties the contents into the small intestine more rapidly than it should be. This condition is also known as rapid gastric emptying when the stomach empties too fast and the small intestine receives unbearable large amounts of poorly digestion food.
What happens during dumping syndrome?
Naturally, our stomach releases digestive contents into the small intestine in a gradual controlled way and the way our stomach moves foods along the digestive process is called ‘gastric motility’. Various things are involved in gastric motility such as muscles, nerves and hormone signals that coordinate together to tell your stomach how and when to empty. And if any of these things are damaged, it can throw this coordination off.
Who is prone to dumping syndrome?
As per the report, dumping syndrome most commonly happens due to complications of surgery on the stomach or on the esophagus where it connects to the stomach. According to some reports, around 20 to 50 per cent of people who have had stomach surgery develop some symptoms of dumping syndrome. It is more common in people who have had surgeries that remove or bypass huge portions of the stomach.
