Chronic Unexplained Vomiting: A Case Report on Psychogenic Vomiting.
depression
low mood
psychogenic vomiting
psychotherapy
schizophrenia
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
accepted:
15
06
2022
entrez:
20
7
2022
pubmed:
21
7
2022
medline:
21
7
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Psychogenic vomiting is defined as recurrent vomiting without any known discernible organic reasons, or functional vomiting occurring from psychological stress. The overall clinical presentation of psychogenic vomiting suggests a wide range of disability levels, such as stress disorders, mood changes, depression, sexual problems, personality disorders, learned responses, conversion disorders, and illness problems. Non-pharmacological treatment modalities are important as medication for psychogenic vomiting such as individual and group psychotherapy, supportive and behavioral therapy, and family and marital therapy. In this case report, a 25-year-old male with schizophrenia on medication presented to an outpatient clinic with the primary complaint of recurrent vomiting. After ruling out pathologic and physiologic causes of vomiting. It was classified as psychogenic vomiting.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35855252
doi: 10.7759/cureus.25959
pmc: PMC9286022
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e25959Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Paidi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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