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*[[Brain tumor]] | *[[Brain tumor]] | ||
*[[Pancreatitis]] | *[[Pancreatitis]] | ||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
Common causes include: <ref name="pmid17668843">{{cite journal |vauthors=Scorza K, Williams A, Phillips JD, Shaw J |title=Evaluation of nausea and vomiting |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=76–84 |date=July 2007 |pmid=17668843 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> | Common causes include: <ref name="pmid17668843">{{cite journal |vauthors=Scorza K, Williams A, Phillips JD, Shaw J |title=Evaluation of nausea and vomiting |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=76–84 |date=July 2007 |pmid=17668843 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Gastric outlet obstruction]] | *[[Gastric outlet obstruction]] | ||
*[[Small bowel obstruction]] | *[[Small bowel obstruction]] | ||
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**[[Demyelinating]] disorders | **[[Demyelinating]] disorders | ||
*Infectious causes | *Infectious causes | ||
**[[Gastroenteritis]] | **[[Gastroenteritis]] | ||
**[[Otitis media]] | **[[Otitis media]] | ||
**[[Pseudotumor cerebri]] | **[[Pseudotumor cerebri]] | ||
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*Miscellaneous causes | *Miscellaneous causes | ||
**Cardiac disease | **Cardiac disease | ||
***[[Myocardial infarction]] | ***[[Myocardial infarction]] | ||
***[[Congestive heart failure]] | ***[[Congestive heart failure]] | ||
**Radiofrequency ablation | **Radiofrequency ablation | ||
**Starvation | **Starvation | ||
*Cancer [[chemotherapy]] | *Cancer [[chemotherapy]] | ||
*[[Radiation therapy]] | *[[Radiation therapy]] | ||
*Cardiovascular medications | *Cardiovascular medications | ||
**[[Digoxin]] | **[[Digoxin]] | ||
**[[Antiarrhythmics]] | **[[Antiarrhythmics]] | ||
**[[Antihypertensives]] | **[[Antihypertensives]] | ||
**[[β-Blockers]] | **[[β-Blockers]] | ||
**[[Calcium-channel antagonists]] | **[[Calcium-channel antagonists]] | ||
*[[Antibiotics]]/[[Antivirals]] | *[[Antibiotics]]/[[Antivirals]] | ||
*[[Ethanol]] Abuse | *[[Ethanol]] Abuse | ||
*Renal infection and renal stone | |||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 10:49, 4 November 2020
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| Treatment |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rinky Agnes Botleroo, M.B.B.S.
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Overview
This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes of vomiting include[1]:
- Head injury
- Bowel obstruction[2]
- Appendicitis[2]
- Meningitis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Brain tumor
- Pancreatitis
Common Causes
Common causes include: [3]
- Gastric outlet obstruction
- Small bowel obstruction
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Hepatitis
- Cholecystitis
- Pancreatitis
- Crohn’s disease
- Gastroparesis
- Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
- Post-operative nausea and vomiting
- CNS causes
- Migraine
- Increased intracranial pressure
- Congenital malformation
- Hydrocephalus
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Seizure disorders
- Demyelinating disorders
- Infectious causes
- Labyrinthine disorders
- Motion sickness
- Labyrinthitis
- Tumors
- Meniere’s disease
- Iatrogenic
- Endocrinological and metabolic causes
- Miscellaneous causes
- Cardiac disease
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Starvation
- Cancer chemotherapy
- Radiation therapy
- Cardiovascular medications
- Antibiotics/Antivirals
- Ethanol Abuse
- Renal infection and renal stone
Diagnosis
Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the diagnosis of Vomiting
| Patient comes with vomiting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Take complete history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask the following questions about vomiting ❑How long have you had nausea and vomiting? ❑Did your nausea and vomiting occur right after eating? ❑How much have you vomitted? ❑What is the colour of the vomitus? ❑Is there any foul smell of the vomitus? ❑Is there only food particle or any other mucous/substance present with the vomitus? ❑Have you notice any blood streaks mixed with vomitus? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask the related questions ❑Did your nausea and vomiting occur right after eating? ❑Do you have a fever? ❑Do you take any other medication ❑Have you recently eaten out? ❑Have yu eaten any canned product? ❑Have you suffered from headache or photophobia along with this vomiting? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treatment
Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the treatment of [[disease name]] according the the [...] guidelines.
Do's
- The content in this section is in bullet points.
Don'ts
- The content in this section is in bullet points.
References
- ↑ Hayes B, Murtagh C, Mann GB (August 2008). "A case of life-threatening nausea and vomiting". J Pain Symptom Manage. 36 (2): 206–10. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.022. PMID 18495417.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frese T, Klauss S, Herrmann K, Sandholzer H (February 2011). "Nausea and vomiting as the reasons for encounter in general practice". J Clin Med Res. 3 (1): 23–9. doi:10.4021/jocmr410w. PMC 3194022. PMID 22043268.
- ↑ Scorza K, Williams A, Phillips JD, Shaw J (July 2007). "Evaluation of nausea and vomiting". Am Fam Physician. 76 (1): 76–84. PMID 17668843.