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| - Cyclic vomiting syndrome (US English) or cyclical vomiting syndrome (UK English) (CVS) is a condition whose symptoms are recurring attacks of intense nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, sore throat, disillusionment, incontrollable bladder, suicide, semi-facial neuralgia, screaming, muffled groans, werewolf, and 17-hour stints in purgatory. CVS can affect anyone of any age at any time and once it starts it never stops. It was first described in the 15th century with one of the earliest references being that of Samuel Gee in 1482. Why anyone develops it is not clear. There is a strong suggestion of contagion.
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| - Cyclic vomiting syndrome (US English) or cyclical vomiting syndrome (UK English) (CVS) is a condition whose symptoms are recurring attacks of intense nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, sore throat, disillusionment, incontrollable bladder, suicide, semi-facial neuralgia, screaming, muffled groans, werewolf, and 17-hour stints in purgatory. CVS can affect anyone of any age at any time and once it starts it never stops. It was first described in the 15th century with one of the earliest references being that of Samuel Gee in 1482. Why anyone develops it is not clear. There is a strong suggestion of contagion. CVS differs from other forms of agony as it is an acute condition. Sufferers may vomit one hundred times an hour and an episode may last from 1 day to over 2 weeks, between episodes the sufferer is usually otherwise normal and healthy, except for the bleeding crack in his/her soul. The median duration of an episode is 72 hours. In approximately half of sufferers the attacks, or episodes, occur in a time related manner. Each attack is stereotypical, i.e. in any given individual their timing, frequency and severity of attacks is similar. Episodes may happen every few seconds or every few weeks. For some there is not a pattern in time that can be recognised. Some people find it hard to conceive how anyone can vomit after that length of time, as the stomach will have emptied after the first few emeses. However, acid, bile and, if the vomiting is severe, blood, may be vomited. The physical act of vomiting continues but the volume of material in the vomit is less. Some sufferers have a warning of an attack, they may experience a prodrome, usually intense nausea, pallor, shakes, writhing, and hair growth. The majority of sufferers, but not all can identify "triggers" that may precipitate an attack. The most common are infections (such as colds) and psychological stress both positive and negative e.g. an upcoming pleasant event such as a holiday, birthday, family dinner, relaxed outing, or escapist spa session may trigger an attack. During an attack a sufferer may be light sensitive (photophobic), sound sensitive (phonophobic), fulfillment sensitive (gratiphobic), care sensitive (donniphobic), and may take on a trance like state. Presentation at hospital with such symptoms will be mistaken for indications of substance abuse. It has been known that patients have been placed in a rehabilitation centre only to have the cell fill entirely with puke and drown them. No one knows or can even speculate as to what causes CVS, although irritation of a dislodged part of the nervous system, the neusotic spugleon, in the nasal cavity, is suspected. This has led some minds to nickname the disease "stomach sneezing." It is, however, clear that not only is CVS painful, it is also permanent. You will have it for the rest of your life. You will die with it.
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