Background. A 31-year-old woman with an 11-year history of poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus was admitted with severe vomiting and ketoacidosis. The patient had been admitted to hospital on ...

Hyperemesis gravidarum, often described as pregnancy sickness in its most severe form, affects approximately 2 to 3 percent of all pregnancies in the United States. This condition goes far beyond ...

The treatment of NMO has been challenging. Most cases are progressive despite aggressive therapy that includes high-dose corticosteroids, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, plasma exchange, and ...

A 64-year-old Hispanic female presented with right lower quadrant pain of 6 weeks' duration. The pain was intermittent and was associated with anorexia, nausea, and intractable vomiting. As a result, ...

Background: Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is characterized by recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting interpreted with symptom free period. As data regarding the pattern of disease in our ...

A 50 year-old woman with intractable vomiting developed confusion, poor memory and loss of vision. Wernicke's Encephalopathy: (Left) Flair axial MRI, (Middle) T1-weighted axial MRI, (Right) ...

The premise: Nurse Chloe Payne ( Michelle Trachtenberg) is taking care of Molly, an 11-year-old who has been admitted to Mercy Hospital with right upper-quadrant abdominal pain and intractable ...

Maternal health experts have urged pregnant women not to dismiss severe vomiting in pregnancy as a normal pregnancy issue, noting that it can harm the mother and the baby. They also warned that it can ...