Why do I feel full after just a few bites?
Occasional early fullness travels with reflux, gastritis, stress and fast eating, and often passes.
Persistent early satiety, weeks of it, is a symptom doctors take seriously, particularly with weight loss, vomiting, anemia or a family history of stomach cancer. Slowed stomach emptying in diabetes is another findable cause.
Do not silently shrink your meals for months to accommodate it. New, persistent early fullness deserves an appointment and usually a simple set of tests to find the reason.
Source: NHS, indigestion
See a doctor promptly if
- Food sticking or difficulty swallowing, or pain on swallowing
- Unintentional weight loss with indigestion or bloating
- Vomiting blood, or vomit that looks like coffee grounds
- Black tarry stools, or a new diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia
- Persistent vomiting, or a mass felt in the upper abdomen
- New persistent bloating on most days for three weeks or more, especially in women over 50
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