It differs from anorexia nervosa or bulimorexia because it lacks the characteristic features of body image distortion, abnormal fear of weight gain, or selfinduced vomiting. Links to pubmed are also available for selected references. Diagnostic tests, hospitalization, and psychiatric evaluation are associated. Pdf treatment of chronic psychogenic vomiting in an.
We use cookies to improve our service and to tailor our content and advertising to you. For anticipatory nausea and vomiting psychogenic factors. If intractable nausea and vomiting at end of life, consider palliative sedation. Escitalopram may be an effective treatment for psychogenic nausea and vomiting associated with depression. Psychogenic nausea and vomiting is defined as vomiting without any obvious organic pathology or vomiting with a psychological etiology. Multiple gestation, gestational trophoblastic disease increase incidence of hyperemesis gravidarum. After treatment with 10 mgday escitalopram, her episodes of nausea and vomiting decreased. Behavioral treatment of psychogenic vomiting among. Numerous treatment modalities have been implemented in cases of psychogenic vomiting, including such folk remedies as drinking cider vinegar, sucking.
More info you can manage your cookie settings via your browser at any time. Clinical features include persistent vomiting, dehydration, ketosis, electrolyte disturbances. Psychogenic vomiting is a form of chronic emesis where the etiology is unrelated to a primary anatomic or physiologic defect. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Thepsychiatricdisordersrelated to the onset ofvomiting were either a major depression or a conversion disorder. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 746k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Severe start with suggestions for mild and moderate, then consider the following. The psychiatric disorders related to the onset of vomiting were either a major depression or a conversion disorder.
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