Q1. What is vomiting? Vomiting is a way by which our digestive tract gets rid of its content when any part of it is excessively irritated or over-distended, however there are a plenty of situations where a non-digestive etiology can also manifest through vomiting along with some other symptoms. It can be of short duration (Acute) or recurrent episodes over a long period of time (more than 1 week, known as chronic vomiting). Vomiting itself is not a disease per se , rather it indicates an underlying disorder which can vary from a trivial cause like acute gastroenteritis to serious life-threatening disease like intra-cranial tumor. Besides this, vomiting itself may lead to complication such as dehydration and electrolyte abnormality which can impart to the morbidity and mortality associated with it. So, any child with this complaint should be evaluated by a physician specialist in child care (known as Pediatrician ) to detect the etiology early and prevent the complica...
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