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What Causes An Sudden Urge To Vomit?
I m an 18 yr old female, roughly 125lb and 5 4 . I often randomly throw up for no reason. I can be sitting watching t.v. and I get the urge to throw up. I don t feel nauseous at all, but my mouth does start watering. I also throw up a lot if I laugh, or cough too hard. Or swallowing food. But I ve been told that s probly from sensitive larynx. idk. My big question is then, why do I throw up so much for no reason, with no warning, when I didn t eat anything out of the ordinary, i m not nervous etc... Its been going on for at least 4 years now
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi, thanks for the query. Have you done any investigations so far for this problem like endoscopy, barometric pressure studies of your esophagus (the food pipe)? Is the urge to vomit frequently followed by manual attempts of inducing vomit by fingering in mouth, retching etc. to relieve nausea? Do you have excessive craving, urges to gulp down food or have excess worries about your weight or fears of becoming obese? I would like to have this information from you. For the time being you can consult a doctor about chlorpromazine in 25-50mg/day or levosulpride in 50-100mg/day dose to relieve urge to vomit. Hope this helps
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