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Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Gastrointestinal tract Gastrointestinal tract

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Vomiting

Extra-gastrointestinal Gastrointestinal causes
causes

Stimulation
Direct influence on of the chemo- Disorders of Irritation of the Stimulation
vomiting centre receptor visceral organs gastrointestinal mucosa Inflammation of stretch receptors in
trigger zone the gastrointestinal tract

Stimulation Increased – Kidney failure – Chemical irritants – Gastritis – Foreign body
of the – Liver failure Distension/ – Enteritis – Gastric torsion
vestibular intracranial – Diabetic Inflammation stretching – Colitis – Ileus
pressure
apparatus ketoacidosis – Constipation
– Hyper- – Gastric overload
thyroidism
– Bacterial
– Motion – Space- toxins – Pancreatitis – Splenic
sickness occupying – Cholangio- torsion
– Otitis media neoplasia hepatitis – Testicular
– Cerebral torsion
oedema
– Hydro-
cephalus
– Inflammation
of the CNS
(e.g.
meningitis)

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