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What Causes Vomiting?
I have a six year old who vomits at least 3-4 times a week at school. This is usually about 1 pm. She is fine on the weekends and at daycare but at Kindergarden she falls back into this pattern and it is usually just one vomit. Dr. visit - no concerns. Any idea what could be happening?
Tue, 28 Mar 2017
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as per your complaints,it seems like a psychogenic phenomenon as child of this age can very easily mimic and can even induce vomiting just to show their disinterest or to avoid going to school. in the absence of other associated factors like fever,loose stools,weight loss,decreased appetite,jaundice or body aches which you havent mentioned and the point that he is fine on weekends seems to be psychogenic or what we call functional.its also called munchausen syndrome.But i would recommend to have a complete physical checkup of your child from a pediatrician to rule out other possible and common causes
as per your complaints,it seems like a psychogenic phenomenon as child of this age can very easily mimic and can even induce vomiting just to show their disinterest or to avoid going to school. in the absence of other associated factors like fever,loose stools,weight loss,decreased appetite,jaundice or body aches which you havent mentioned and the point that he is fine on weekends seems to be psychogenic or what we call functional.its also called munchausen syndrome.But i would recommend to have a complete physical checkup of your child from a pediatrician to rule out other possible and common causes
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