Functional Dyspepsia Treatment Using Virtual Reality

Eligibility Criteria

• * Symptoms of dyspepsia thought to represent functional dyspepsia, meeting Rome IV criteria
• * Had an upper endoscopy and assessment for Helicobacter pylori; if a patient is found to have H. pylori, treatment with confirmed eradication (by stool antigen test or urea breath test) will be required before the patient is eligible for study inclusion.
• * Patients will be considered for the study if they have undergone a complete history and physical examination during a previously scheduled consultation/evaluation visit with a gastroenterologist in the Mayo Clinic Florida General GI or Motility clinic.
• * Symptoms are thought to represent an organic disorder (e.g., peptic ulcer disease, hepatitis, pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, type I diabetes, a known malignancy, radiation-induced injury, an active infection, vasculitis, celiac disease), or patients have known uncontrolled GERD, esophagitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, or untreated H. pylori.
• * Patients with gastroparesis or cyclic vomiting syndrome.
• * Patients with prior surgery to the esophagus, stomach or duodenum.
• * Patients taking opioids.
• * Patients with motion sickness, vertigo, or a seizure disorder
• * IBS symptoms are not predominant.