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The most important treatment goal for diabetes-related gastroparesis is to manage your blood glucose levels as well as possible. Treatments include insulin, oral medications, changes in what and when you eat, and, in severe cases, feeding tubes and intravenous feeding.
Some of the complications of gastroparesis include: 1  Food that stays in the stomach too long can ferment, which can lead to the growth of bacteria. 2  Food in the stomach can harden into a solid collection, called a bezoar. 3  Bezoars can cause obstructions in the stomach that keep food from passing into the small intestine.