Monitoring of stomach dyspepsia. False-colour computer enhanced gamma scan of the stomach of a patient with dyspepsia (indigestion) during tests to study its rate of emptying. Here,at 1 hour 30 minutes after swallowing a radioactive fluid,the stomach (centre,yellow) contains some radioactive fluid,concentrated in red areas,while other fluid has passed into the intestine (lower centre). This is the second in a series of images (see: M140/120 and M140/122),which show that the emptying of this stomach is normal. Dyspepsia or indigestion is a common term for a variety of eating and digestive disorders. It may be caused by incorrect diet,peptic ulcer,stress or disease,and can be accompanied by nausea and vomiting. |