Psychogenic vomiting.

Psychogenic vomiting and hypokalaemia.

Psychogenic Vomiting: A Clinical Diagnosis Merits Special Attention in Pediatrics

A 2 years and 9 months old boy attended to a gastroenterology clinic of pediatric hospital for investigation of recurrent and intractable vomiting. He had post prandial, non-projectile, non-bilious emesis since past 2 years. Since the onset of illness, he was carried to many doctors and underwent extensive laboratory investigations. Because all of the science lab and imaging work up for etiolog...

Psychogenic vomiting: the relation between patterns of vomiting and psychiatric diagnoses.

Fifty nine patients admitted with a diagnosis of psychogenic vomiting were classified into five patterns of vomiting: continuous, habitual postprandial, irregular vomiting, nausea, and self induced. The psychiatric disorders related to the onset of vomiting were either a major depression or a conversion disorder. Continuous vomiting was usually due to a conversion disorder, while in many cases ...

psychogenic vomiting: a clinical diagnosis merits special attention in pediatrics

a 2 years and 9 months old boy attended to a gastroenterology clinic of pediatric hospital for investigation of recurrent and intractable vomiting. he had post prandial, non-projectile, non-bilious emesis since past 2 years. since the onset of illness, he was carried to many doctors and underwent extensive laboratory investigations. because all of the science lab and imaging work up for etiolog...

psychogenic vomiting considered as co-morbidity with tuberculosis in adolescents

a twelve-year-old girl with disseminated tuberculosis was complicated by psychogenic vomiting and multiple drugs’ adverse effects. she was admitted to our hospital, complaining of fever, cough and abdominal pain. diagnosis of tb was obtained by abdominal ct-scan and open liver biopsy. during the anti-tb treatment, hepatitis, hemolytic anemia and pancreatitis occurred due to some drugs' side eff...