Repeated vomiting

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• Synonyms

  • Paroxysmal vomiting
  • Continuous vomiting

• Causes

  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Pyloric stenosis
  • Congenital pyloric stenosis
  • Hyperemesis gravidarum
  • Small bowel obstruction
  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Paroxysmal coughing

• Effects

  • Gut electrolyte loss
  • Hypochloraemia
  • Metabolic alkalosis
  • Mallory-Weiss tear
  • Rupture of oesophagus
  • Musculoskeletal chest pain

• Parents

  • Gastrointestinal symptom