title: Treatment of gastrointestinal autonomic neuropathy.
abstract: The symptoms caused by gastrointestinal autonomic neuropathy in diabetes mellitus is important to highlight since it affects a large proportion of people with diabetes, regardless of whether this is type 1 or type 2. Gastroparesis and general signs of bowel dysfunction, such as constipation, diarrhoea and abdominal pain are most often encountered and involve both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options. This mini-review summarises a presentation given at the 'Diagnosis and treatment of autonomic diabetic neuropathy in the gut' symposium at the 2015 annual meeting of the EASD. It is accompanied by another mini-review on a topic from this symposium (by Azpiroz and Malagelada, DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3831-1 ) and a commentary by the Session Chair, Péter Kempler (DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3826-y ).
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-41345, Gothenburg, Sweden. hans.tornblom@gu.se.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Törnblom
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D000818:Animals; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
keywords: Abdominal pain; Autonomic neuropathy; Constipation; Diarrhoea; Gastric electrical stimulation; Gastroparesis