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What Causes Foamy White Mucus In Vomit With Shortness Of Breath?

good day doctor it seem my symptomps appear just about almost two months now i'm vomitting of white mucus like foamy thing and it's sour like acid.. sometime i find my self shortness of breath, but when i vomit that thing i fell better my stomach is always bloating. i feel dizzy when it appear
Wed, 2 Aug 2017
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
2 months is a long time to suffer from vomiting white foamy mucus with acidic taste and also having breathless, bloating and other symptoms without any diagnosis or treatment.
The most probable cause as per the history you have provided looks to be the following:
Bloating is indicative of an intestinal obstruction which in turn cause the vomiting. Mucus indicates gastric mucus and acid is the normal content of stomach.
Breathless is due to bloating pushing diaphragm up compressing the lungs and not allowing proper inflation of lungs.
I would advise you the following:
X-ray of abdomen in standing position.
CT scan of abdomen.
Clinical evaluation, examination and further investigations.
Corrective surgery if there is an intestinal obstruction.
Medical management of the associated problems with PPI like Pantoprazole, domperidone and management of breathlessness as per the cause found.
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What Causes Foamy White Mucus In Vomit With Shortness Of Breath?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. 2 months is a long time to suffer from vomiting white foamy mucus with acidic taste and also having breathless, bloating and other symptoms without any diagnosis or treatment. The most probable cause as per the history you have provided looks to be the following: Bloating is indicative of an intestinal obstruction which in turn cause the vomiting. Mucus indicates gastric mucus and acid is the normal content of stomach. Breathless is due to bloating pushing diaphragm up compressing the lungs and not allowing proper inflation of lungs. I would advise you the following: X-ray of abdomen in standing position. CT scan of abdomen. Clinical evaluation, examination and further investigations. Corrective surgery if there is an intestinal obstruction. Medical management of the associated problems with PPI like Pantoprazole, domperidone and management of breathlessness as per the cause found.