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What Causes Vomiting?

My son has been vomiting for no apparent reason - he is 4 years old - dr did an x-ray and said he was constipated- now he is taking muralax... if he doesn t take it for a day, he starts vomiting - now he is also saying the top of his head hurts. We have a CT scheduled. Is there anything gastrointestinally that could be causing this?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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first of all , in order to constipation to cause vomiting it needs to be so sever that child can't pass stool for days or even more than a week .and sometimes sever straining in the bathroom can cause headache , but constipation is something you notice clearly and the child suffer from it and doesn't need an XRAY to tell you that . in other words : if your child has sever constipation, it can explain all this symptoms .

BUT , if he doesn't, we should worry about increasing intracranial pressure; the pressure inside his head , which gives him headaches and vomiting , a brain CT and ophthalmic exam is very helpful to exclude this
I hope this helps
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What Causes Vomiting?

first of all , in order to constipation to cause vomiting it needs to be so sever that child can t pass stool for days or even more than a week .and sometimes sever straining in the bathroom can cause headache , but constipation is something you notice clearly and the child suffer from it and doesn t need an XRAY to tell you that . in other words : if your child has sever constipation, it can explain all this symptoms . BUT , if he doesn t, we should worry about increasing intracranial pressure; the pressure inside his head , which gives him headaches and vomiting , a brain CT and ophthalmic exam is very helpful to exclude this I hope this helps