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What Causes Seeing And Eating Food Causes Gag And Nausea?
Um... Hi, I m Rachel and I just turned 15... I ve been having problems with food... I don t think I m anorexic because I m not too worried about my weight, and I m not counting calories, vomiting or exercising a lot, but food just makes me feel sick. Seeing it, smelling it or eating it just makes me gag and feel really nauseous... I m not sure if this is serious or not
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Dear Rachel, as you yourself rightly opined you are disturbed with the perception of food and not your body or its calories. If this is limited to some selected group of food products (eg canned/tinned) don't bother, but if it persists on almost all edible items to an extent that it causes any disturbance in daily living, I suggest you go for a detailed evaluation.
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