Vomiting, also known as emesis, is a common and often unpleasant bodily response that most people experience at some point in their lives. It can be triggered by various factors, ranging from minor ...

Nausea is a universally unwelcome feeling, but despite such widespread aversion, very little has been learned about the mechanism that causes an organism to vomit. That’s now changed with a report ...

How do our bodies recognize the ingestion of unwanted bacteria and initiate vomiting? If you experience emetophobia (the fear of vomiting), it might be best to skip this article – or grab a bucket. A ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cyclical vomiting syndrome should be considered in any adult presenting with episodes of repetitive vomiting.

In most cases, the presence of toxins in food can cause nausea and vomiting. These are bodily defenses aimed at minimizing the duration of exposure to the toxin. The pathways by which the brain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy or hyperemesis gravidarum symptoms should seek treatment.

A rare, debilitating condition in pregnancy that causes nausea and vomiting so severe that some women end up terminating their pregnancies can be effectively treated with the seizure drug gabapentin.

Preprocedural anxiety levels among children undergoing procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) with ketamine in the emergency department are not associated with the incidence of vomiting, according to ...