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Continuous Vomiting, Breathing Hard, CT Scan Shows White Blood Count Up, No Infection. What To Do?

my wife has been vomiting for last 2 weeks not able to keep any thing down.has already been admitted into the hospital,had a CT scan came back negative white blood count was up but no sign of infection.blood and foaming out of the mouth.breathing hard and fast.
posted on Fri, 27 Sep 2013
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Hi, welcome to the forum. With this presentation, I think she should be having complications of vomiting (dehydration and electrolyte imbalance) which need to be treated immediately. The white blood count can also increase without infection as a result of dehydration as blood becomes more concentrated. If I were her treating doctor, I would rapidly rehydrate her and ask for other tests like pregnancy test (to rule out a condition in pregnancy called hyperemesis gravidarum), plain abdominal X-ray and maybe a barium meal ( to see if there is no stomach outlet obstruction). In my opinion, I would suggest that you rush her to emergency department for rehydration if you are still at home.
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Continuous Vomiting, Breathing Hard, CT Scan Shows White Blood Count Up, No Infection. What To Do?

Hi, welcome to the forum. With this presentation, I think she should be having complications of vomiting (dehydration and electrolyte imbalance) which need to be treated immediately. The white blood count can also increase without infection as a result of dehydration as blood becomes more concentrated. If I were her treating doctor, I would rapidly rehydrate her and ask for other tests like pregnancy test (to rule out a condition in pregnancy called hyperemesis gravidarum), plain abdominal X-ray and maybe a barium meal ( to see if there is no stomach outlet obstruction). In my opinion, I would suggest that you rush her to emergency department for rehydration if you are still at home. I hope I have answered your query I wish her good health