Vomiting

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Vomiting

Vomiting, also called emesis, occurs with many types of gastrointestinal disorders and other conditions. Feelings of nausea often precede vomiting, which involves ejecting material from the stomach out of the body through the mouth (called vomit or vomitus).

In some cases (e.g., bowel obstruction), contents of the intestines also are ejected during vomiting. In addition to normal contents of the digestive system, vomit sometimes also includes blood from the GI tract and bile (fl...Read the full article