Vomiting
Involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.
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Dehydration
Lack of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes.
Lack of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes.
Excess free water or hypotonic water can leave the body in two ways – sensible loss such as osmotic diuresis, sweating, vomiting and diarrhea, and insensible water loss, occurring mainly through the skin and respiratory tract.
Metabolic acidosis
Serious electrolyte disorder characterized by an imbalance in the body's acid-base balance.
Serious electrolyte disorder characterized by an imbalance in the body's acid-base balance.
Symptoms may include palpitations, headache, altered mental status such as severe anxiety due to hypoxia, decreased visual acuity, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, altered appetite and weight gain, muscle weakness, bone pain, and joint pain.
Cough
Sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages that can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes.
Sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages that can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes.
Acute complications include cough syncope (fainting spells due to decreased blood flow to the brain when coughs are prolonged and forceful), insomnia, cough-induced vomiting, subconjunctival hemorrhage or "red eye", coughing defecation and in women with a prolapsed uterus, cough urination.
Motion sickness
Motion sickness occurs due to a difference between actual and expected motion.
Motion sickness occurs due to a difference between actual and expected motion.
Symptoms commonly include nausea, vomiting, cold sweat, headache, dizziness, tiredness, loss of appetite, and increased salivation.
Gastroenteritis
Inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract; the stomach and intestine.
Inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract; the stomach and intestine.
Symptoms may include diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
Hypokalemia
Low level of potassium in the blood serum.
Low level of potassium in the blood serum.
Vomiting can also cause hypokalemia, although not much potassium is lost from the vomitus.
Bowel obstruction
Mechanical or functional obstruction of the intestines which prevents the normal movement of the products of digestion.
Mechanical or functional obstruction of the intestines which prevents the normal movement of the products of digestion.
Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, vomiting, bloating and not passing gas.
Gastritis
Inflammation of the lining of the stomach.
Inflammation of the lining of the stomach.
Other possible symptoms include nausea and vomiting, bloating, loss of appetite and heartburn.
