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Question: What are the causes of vomiting?
Category: Health & Beauty > Other
Keywords: cause, vomit
Type: what
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Vomiting is the ejection of some or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth. Nausea is a feeling of sickness or discomfort in the stomach that may come with an urge to vomit. The possible causes of vomiting are:

For infants between 6 months and younger, the possible causes are:

  • Congenital pyloric stenosis, a constriction in the outlet from the stomach (the infant vomits forcefully after each feeding but otherwise appears to be healthy)
  • Food allergies or milk intolerance
  • Gastroenteritis (infection of the digestive tract that usually causes vomiting with diarrhea)
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • An inborn error of metabolism
  • Hole in the bottle nipple may be wrong size, leading to overfeeding
  • Infection, often accompanied by fever or runny nose
  • Intestinal obstruction, evidenced by recurring attacks of vomiting and crying or screaming as if in great pain
  • Accidentally ingesting a drug or poison

Call the health care provider right away or take the child to an emergency care facility if you suspect poisoning or drug ingestion! 

Sources:

Nausea and vomiting, Medical Encyclopedia

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