Gastroparesis Awareness Month 2025
Gastroparesis Awareness Month 2025 is a vital time to raise awareness about this often misunderstood digestive condition that affects how the stomach empties food. Each August, healthcare professionals, patients, and advocates unite to shed light on gastroparesis, promote digestive health, and support those living with delayed gastric emptying.
Watch the video above to explore treatment options, and learn how early diagnosis and lifestyle changes can make a lasting difference.
What Is Gastroparesis?
Gastroparesis is a chronic digestive disorder in which the stomach muscles don’t function properly, slowing or stopping the normal movement of food into the small intestine. It’s sometimes called “stomach paralysis.”
The condition can be caused by nerve damage, often from diabetes, surgery, or viral infections, but in many cases, the cause is unknown (idiopathic gastroparesis).
Common gastroparesis symptoms include:
- Nausea and vomiting
- Bloating and early fullness after eating
- Abdominal pain
- Weight loss or poor appetite
Because symptoms overlap with other digestive issues, gastroparesis is frequently underdiagnosed, which is why Gastroparesis Awareness Month 2025 plays such an important role in education and advocacy.
Why Gastroparesis Awareness Month 2025 Matters
Millions of people worldwide live with gastroparesis, yet public awareness remains low. Many patients face challenges accessing timely diagnosis, effective treatment, and understanding from others.
During Gastroparesis Awareness Month, organizations like the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) highlight the importance of:
- Recognizing early symptoms and seeking medical evaluation
- Improving access to specialist care and motility testing
- Supporting research into new treatments and causes
- Raising awareness in both the healthcare community and the general public
Living with Gastroparesis
Managing gastroparesis often involves a combination of dietary changes, medications, and sometimes medical procedures to improve gastric motility.
Patients are encouraged to work with dietitians, gastroenterologists, and support groups to find personalized strategies — from eating smaller, more frequent meals to monitoring blood glucose levels in diabetic gastroparesis.
For innovators, such as Enterra Medical, Inc. this is an area of continued unmet need. Advances in diagnostic tools and novel device-based therapies, such as gastric electrical stimulation and emerging non-invasive approaches, are creating new opportunities for earlier intervention and improved quality of life.
As well as this, Guts UK Charity is tackling this head-on by funding research, raising awareness, and empowering patient voices. Their work is bringing hope — and change — to a community that has been overlooked for too long.
Take Action This August
This Gastroparesis Awareness Month 2025, you can make a difference:
- Watch and share our awareness video to help spread understanding.
- Learn more about digestive motility disorders from trusted resources like the IFFGD and NHS.
- Support ongoing research into better diagnostic tools and treatment options.
- Show solidarity by wearing green and sharing stories online using #GastroparesisAwarenessMonth and #CureGP.
At Health Analytical Solutions Ltd, with over 20 years of expertise in NHS coding, reimbursement, and adoption pathways, we support companies in mapping UK access routes, aligning clinical evidence with NICE expectations, and navigating commissioning frameworks to bring innovations in this field to patients sooner.
Together, we can promote awareness, drive research, and empower patients to live healthier, fuller lives.