3 of 15Vomiting is the sudden expulsion of stomach contents through the mouth as a result of severe contractions of the abdominal and chest muscles. Before vomiting occurs, for several minutes to even several hours, you may experience increased salivation, and your heart rate and breathing speed up. Vomiting may precede vomiting, but no discharge from the mouth occurs.
Vomiting may indicate an illness. When determining the cause of vomiting, it is worth paying attention to the coexisting signs. If vomiting occurs immediately after a meal, it may be related to pancreatitis or gallbladder inflammation. On the other hand, vomiting accompanied by diarrhea and muscle pain has an infectious basis.
The scheme for stopping vomiting is based on several steps. First, it is significant to balance water disorders. Then, based on the diagnostics, the specialist determines the methods for eliminating the causes of vomiting, i.e., implements causal treatment. If it is not possible to remove the factor causing vomiting, the specialist can recommend symptomatic treatment. Both types of therapy may be based on pharmacology.
