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What Causes Severe Vomiting?
Hi, I am an 18 year old female. I have had acid reflux which I ve been treating for about three years now (currently, I take over-the-counter zantac -- about 350mg per day, usually a couple hours before going to sleep). Last night, I vomited pretty hard. Just about everything in my stomach came up (mostly alcohol, soda and smartfood popcorn). I drank a little cup of milk, and ate a whole bunch of tostitos to help settle my stomach afterwards. But now I get a severe pain in my esophagus especially when I breathe in deeply. I was wondering if maybe the vomiting did some damage to my esophagus, and if this is a normal symptom to have after throwing up, or if it sounds more severe especially considering my condition.
Mon, 19 Sep 2016
Hello,
1) You may had vomiting secondary to gastritis from alcohol. You need treatment to resolve this.
2) Severe, forceful vomiting cause some retching type of pain in upper central abdomen due to excessive force used by abdominal muscles to vomit out.
3) Generally damage to esophagus after vomiting not occur, and if occur there must be presence of some amount of blood in vomiting. Such damage occur due to excessive retching (more force to vomit + less content).
4) your pain in esophagus might be due to reactionary inflammation of lower part of esophagus due to stomach content. In this, you need to continue treatment for acidity.
1) You may had vomiting secondary to gastritis from alcohol. You need treatment to resolve this.
2) Severe, forceful vomiting cause some retching type of pain in upper central abdomen due to excessive force used by abdominal muscles to vomit out.
3) Generally damage to esophagus after vomiting not occur, and if occur there must be presence of some amount of blood in vomiting. Such damage occur due to excessive retching (more force to vomit + less content).
4) your pain in esophagus might be due to reactionary inflammation of lower part of esophagus due to stomach content. In this, you need to continue treatment for acidity.
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