After I had my gastric sleeve surgery, I spit up mucus if I overeat. Why does the mucus come up and not food?

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Steven Fowler, MD, FACS · Answer

Although the gastric sleeve is considered a metabolic operation, it does have a restrictive component, especially during the early period after the operation.If you forget to follow the postoperative eating guidelines that your bariatric program recommends (i.e. at a party and distracted), you will probably overdo it with food intake and feel the side effects.With an excess amount of food, or the wrong type of food, you can have a backup causing negative symptoms. I large amount of saliva coming back up is not uncommon. Your body produces a large amount of fluid to help the transit of food from your mouth to your stomach. If it cannot pass through your stomach, then you will notice the symptoms you describe.

Guillermo Alvarez, MD · Answer

Hello. This is very commonly seen in sleeve patients when the sleeve gets swollen. The best way to avoid this is to take some antacids. Talk to your surgeon and they'll help you out and this goes away. Here's a video I receantly did talking more about this. I hope this helps. warm regards, Dr. Alvarez

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