Aetiology
Possible causes of vomiting in children include:
- viral or bacterial infection of the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract are the most common causes
- neurological causes: intracranial neoplasm, subdural haematoma, hydrocephalus, meningitis, encephalitis, cerebral abscess
- migraine
- poisoning, e.g. lead poisoning
- acute appendicitis, peritonitis
- gut malrotation
- metabolic disease
- poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
- urinary tract infection
- diabetic ketoacidosis
- acute hepatitis
- Reye's syndrome
- recurrent intestinal volvulus - this may cause the syndrome of persistent periodic vomiting of childhood
Related pages
- Head trauma
- Urinary tract infection (UTI) in children
- Urinary tract infection
- Appendicitis
- Gastroenteritis
- Raised intracranial pressure
- Gut malrotation
- Reye's syndrome
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Lead poisoning
- Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
- Vomiting & abdominal pain associated with childhood URTI
- Cyclical (cyclic) vomiting syndrome (CVS)
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