Open AccessAdult rumination syndrome: Differentiation from psychogenic intractable vomiting
Author(s) -
Ravi Gupta,
Mukesh Kalla,
Jugal Behari Gupta
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.102434
Subject(s) - rumination , vomiting , psychogenic disease , pediatrics , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , cognition
Rumination syndrome is known to exist in infants and mentally retarded adults since long time. In past few years, some reports appeared that showed its existence in adult patients also. It is frequently confused with the intractable vomiting in adults and misdiagnosis leads to delay in appropriate management. We are here describing the case of a female patient with rumination syndrome where specific points in the history delineated the presence of this illness and helped in appropriate management. The patient became symptom free soon after the diagnosis was reached.