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    Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Causes, Tests and Treatment Options
    Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Causes, Tests and Treatment Options
    Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Causes, Tests and Treatment Options
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    Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Causes, Tests and Treatment Options

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    Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) is a condition in which a person suffers from severe attacks of nausea and vomiting. CVS was first noted by Samuel Gee in 1982. Although a long time has passed, doctors are still unable to determine what causes CVS. Adults and children are equally vulnerable to this condition -- which is periodic.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndale LLC
    Release dateNov 10, 2011
    ISBN9781465789952
    Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Causes, Tests and Treatment Options
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    John Smith

    John was born in Norwich, Norfolk from a merchant family. He made his first dives among the wrecks on the east coast of the North Sea. For few years he worked on British oil rigs and then moved to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt where he worked as an underwater guide. After he moved to Thailand and then to the Philippines. He now lives in Florida where he is a diver and writes novels. His articles on diving and marine biology have been published in many magazines

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      Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome - John Smith

      Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Causes, Tests and Treatment Options

      John smith MA

      M Awad MS (Ed.)

      Smashwords Edition

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      Copyright 2011 John Smith, MA; M Awad MD

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Contents

      One: What is Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)?

      Two: Why do you get CVS?

      Three: Common symptoms and signs of CVS

      Four: Diagnosis

      Five: Treatment

      Internet Resources/Further Reading

      Glossary of Medical Terms

      References

      One: What is Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)?

      Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) is a condition in which a person suffers from severe attacks of nausea and vomiting. CVS was first noted by Samuel Gee in 1982. Although a long time has passed, doctors are still unable to determine what causes CVS. Adults and children are equally vulnerable to this condition -- which is periodic. One day you may be perfectly normal and healthy. And the very next day, you may be vomiting. Then again, the next day you may be healthy and after a day or two or few days, you may again suffer from an episode of vomiting. This is why this condition is called recurrent. However, when the condition persists for a long time, you may start suffering from nausea during the normal periods too.

      Each period of vomiting usually lasts for a minimum of 24 hours. The first hour is the hardest with extreme nausea and excessive vomiting. But then after 4 to 8 hours, the severity of the condition begins to decline. Every episode usually starts early in the morning, at about 2 - 4 am or at the time when you wake up. After the episode ends and vomits stop, you may be back to normal within 5 hours. When the condition is at its worst, you may experience up to 25 vomits per day.

      Although vomiting is the most prominent symptom when you suffer from CVS, you may have other symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, headaches, or fever. According to most patients, the most distressing symptom when suffering from CVS is nausea. In CVS, you experience nausea all the time during a CVS attack and it can become very annoying and disturbing. Without treatment, the only time when you get rid of this feeling is when you are asleep or the episode is over.

      CVS is a common condition among children. According to a number of studies, 2.3 percent children in Western Australia, 1.9 percent school-going children in Aberdeen, Scotland, and 4 out of every 100,000 children in Ireland may have CVS.

      If you are suffering from CVS, this means that you will be sick about 10 percent of the time while the condition lasts, which could be months or years. This can make this condition a disabler, leaving you unable to take part in different activities due to the feeling of sickness or nausea that it causes. Also, more than half of CVS patients need IV fluids to be supplied to their bodies because vomiting can lead to dehydration. According to estimates, the average CVS patient suffers about $17000 financially when you suffer from CVS. This includes treatments costs, testing expenses and the financial loss you may suffer due to being absent from work.

      If you are an adult, CVS can cause a lot of problems for you. You may ignore it at first and try to take it lightly which can lead to a wrong diagnosis of the

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