vomiting
Let an agent explain vomiting and its causes in general terms from clinical sources, identify warning signs that need urgent care, describe management approaches, and route personal questions to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain vomiting and its causes in general terms from clinical sources, identify warning signs that need urgent care, describe management approaches, and route personal questions to clinicians.
The forceful expulsion of stomach contents through the mouth, a clinical sign and health problem with many causes including infections, food poisoning, motion sickness, pregnancy, medications, migraine, bowel obstruction and psychological factors as in psychogenic vomiting, with serious forms such as hematemesis, vomiting blood, fecal vomiting in bowel obstruction, hyperemesis in pregnancy and chronic vomiting; vomiting causes dehydration and electrolyte loss and can signal emergencies.
What it is for: Not applicable; a clinical sign.
It can be explain causes and mechanism; identify warning signs; relay management approaches; route personal questions.
Distinguishing features
Reflex mechanism
Many causes
Dehydration risk
Red flag forms
What it looks like
Not a visible object; expulsion of stomach contents.
How it is recognised
Forceful expulsion of stomach contents
Acute, chronic, psychogenic vomiting; hematemesis, fecal vomiting, hyperemesis
Regurgitation is passive; nausea is the sensation; retching produces nothing
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is preceded by - usually
In practice
Families and kinds
acute vomiting from infection or toxins
chronic and cyclic vomiting
psychogenic vomiting
hematemesis
fecal vomiting
hyperemesis gravidarum
vomiting in infants and children
vomiting in animals
Identifiers
ICD-11 MD90 nausea or vomiting
MeSH D014839 vomiting
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines on gastroenteritis, hyperemesis and antiemetics
Emergency guidance on hematemesis and bowel obstruction
Failure modes and hazards
Missing emergencies such as hematemesis or obstruction
Dehydration especially in children and older people
Agents giving personal medical advice
Aspiration
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Help Warning signs first.
Safety.
Urgent
Emergency signs.
Urgent
Urgent.
- Which signs, such as vomiting blood, fecal vomiting, severe pain, confusion or signs of dehydration, need emergency care? action
- Is the user describing such signs, which need emergency services now? boundary
Care
When to see a clinician.
Care
Care.
- When should vomiting be assessed by a clinician, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own or a child symptoms, which need a clinician? boundary
Understand The sign.
Clinical.
Mechanism
Mechanism.
Mechanism
Mechanism.
- How does the vomiting reflex work, and what triggers it? definition
- Is the question about vomiting, regurgitation or nausea? boundary
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes vomiting, from infections and pregnancy to obstruction and psychological factors? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific cause? action
Manage Management.
Clinical.
Self-care
Self-care.
Self-care
Self-care.
- What general self-care such as rehydration is advised for mild vomiting, per health services? action
- Which references are standard? provenance
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How do clinicians treat vomiting and its causes, including antiemetics, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Special groups.
Context.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy.
- What are morning sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum, and when is help needed? provenance
- Which entry fits hyperemesis gravidarum? action
Children
Children and animals.
Children
Children.
- How does vomiting differ in infants, children and pets, and when is it urgent? provenance
- Which entry fits paediatric gastroenteritis? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should hematemesis and hyperemesis gravidarum be separate primary entries?
- How should clinical guidelines be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming forms and a figurative sense; should they be split off?