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Gastroparesis is a condition in which the stomach muscles do not work properly. As a result, food empties from the stomach very slowly, or not at all. Children with this disorder may feel full all the time, be very nauseous, have pain or vomit undigested food left in the stomach.
1 Gastroparesis results in inadequate grinding of food by the stomach, and poor emptying of food from the stomach into the intestine. 2  The primary symptoms of gastroparesis are nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.