| Vomiting | Diarrhoea |
|---|---|
Physiological e.g. possetting in babies Travel/motion sickness GI infection, e.g. viral gastroenteritis, food poisoning Other infection (particularly children)—tonsillitis, otitis media Other GI causes: GI obstruction, pyloric stenosis, ‘acute abdomen’ CNS causes: raised intracranial pressure, head injury, migraine, vertigo Metabolic causes: pregnancy, uraemia, ketoacidosis Psychiatric causes: anorexia, bulimia Malignancy Drugs and toxins, e.g. alcohol, opioids, cytotoxic agents | Acute diarrhoea – Dietary indiscretion – Infection, e.g. food poisoning, travellers’ diarrhoea – Constipation with overflow – Pseudomembranous colitis—recent history of oral antibiotics – Onset of inflammatory bowel disease or other chronic diarrhoea Chronic diarrhoea See Table 13.11, |
p. 407| Vomiting | Diarrhoea |
|---|---|
Physiological e.g. possetting in babies Travel/motion sickness GI infection, e.g. viral gastroenteritis, food poisoning Other infection (particularly children)—tonsillitis, otitis media Other GI causes: GI obstruction, pyloric stenosis, ‘acute abdomen’ CNS causes: raised intracranial pressure, head injury, migraine, vertigo Metabolic causes: pregnancy, uraemia, ketoacidosis Psychiatric causes: anorexia, bulimia Malignancy Drugs and toxins, e.g. alcohol, opioids, cytotoxic agents | Acute diarrhoea – Dietary indiscretion – Infection, e.g. food poisoning, travellers’ diarrhoea – Constipation with overflow – Pseudomembranous colitis—recent history of oral antibiotics – Onset of inflammatory bowel disease or other chronic diarrhoea Chronic diarrhoea See Table 13.11, |
