Retching
Retching: Introduction
Retching: The act of trying to vomit without the expulsion of vomitus.
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Retching: Symptom Checker
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Vomiting
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Vomiting
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Vomiting
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Nausea and Vomiting
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Vomiting
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Vomiting
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Vomiting
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Retching: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Retching
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system contains a variety of "good"...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad"...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
(it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with fatal...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of
celiac disease...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, or GERD....read more »
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Retching: Related Rare Diseases
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Retching
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Medications or substances causing Retching:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Retching as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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Definitions of Retching:
Retching: Gastric and esophageal movements of vomiting without expulsion of vomitus. SYN: dry vomiting, vomiturition.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Detailed list of causes of Retching
The list below shows some of the causes of Retching mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Retching?
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not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Retching.
Of the 6
causes of Retching that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 1
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 1
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 4
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Retching
Conditions listing symptoms: Retching:
The following list of conditions
have 'Retching' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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Boerhaave syndrome
... retchingC
Cyclic vomiting syndrome
... retchingD
Duodenal ulcer due to antral G-cell hyperfunction
... retchingF
Food poisoning
... retchingS
Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning
... retchingW
Whooping Cough
... retching
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Causes of Retching Based on Risk Factors
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Classifications of Retching:
Medical Conditions associated with Retching:
Vomiting (2481 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes)
Symptoms related to Retching:
Nausea (2302 causes), Vomiting (2481 causes), Indigestion (29 causes), Regurgitation (10 causes), Boerhaave syndrome, Cyclic vomiting syndrome, Duodenal ulcer due to antral G-cell hyperfunction, Food poisoning, Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning, Whooping Cough
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