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この項目では、症候について説明しています。サルトルの小説については「嘔吐 (小説)」をご覧ください。 |
ICD-10 | R11 |
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ICD-9 | 787 |
嘔吐(おうと)とは、動物やヒトの口から胃の内容物を吐き出す行為、又は症状である。
一般に過度の飲酒や摂食、腐敗・変質した食物の摂取、過度の運動、体調不良などの際にまず脳内の「嘔吐中枢」が刺激され、「吐き気」を催し、それに続いて嘔吐する(但し吐き気が来ないままいきなり嘔吐する場合もある、特に乳幼児や泥酔している場合)。嘔吐の結果、吐き出されたものを「吐瀉物(としゃぶつ)」と呼ぶ。また舌の奥に指を入れたりして吐き気を催すことを「嘔吐反射」という。咳・嚏(くしゃみ)・射精と同様、反射であることから、本人の意思では制御できない。
また、車や船舶、遊園地の遊具などで長時間もしくは激しく揺れる環境下にあった場合、「酔い」が発生して嘔吐に至る場合がある。この他、高温になる閉所、きつすぎる衣服(特に着物)、帽子、ヘルメット、日本髪の鬘(結婚式、舞踊発表会、等)、等の重量があったり蒸れたりする物を長時間着用の場合や、他者の嘔吐(いわゆる貰いゲロ)、吐瀉物、排泄物、等、を見たり聞いたり各種の悪臭を嗅いだり、恐怖映画、マインドクラッシャー等の不快な映像、音声を見たり聞いたりした場合にも、精神的なストレスから、吐き気・嘔吐を引き起こす場合が多い。
バス酔いなどする人は、予めエチケット袋(ビニール袋など)を持ったり、薬局などで売られている酔い止め薬を乗車前に飲むと良い。長距離バスや観光バスなどでは、エチケット袋が用意されている場合が多い。
嘔吐行為を強制的に停止させようとするとパニック状態に陥る場合がある。
嘔吐物が気管に入らないように頭を下に向けて吐かせる。吐くだけ吐いてすっきりさせる。気分が悪く吐きそうだが吐けないなどの場合は、指を舌の奥に入れるなどの嘔吐反射を用いる。特に臭気が不快感を催させるため、吐瀉物の処理はし尿など汚物全般に準じ、また嘔吐に際して着衣が汚れないよう注意を必要とする。吐いた後は十分に水分及び塩分補給をすべきであるが、その際に冷たいものを飲ませるとそれが胃に刺激を与え、さらに吐いてしまう場合がある。そのため、体温程度に温めたスポーツドリンクなどを与えるのが望ましい。
意識を失っている場合や、意識がはっきりしない場合などは、嘔吐の後に窒息する危険性があるため、喉の奥や鼻腔の中に吐瀉物が詰まっていないか注意する必要がある。緊急的には指で掻き出したり、後ろから抱きかかえて鳩尾(みぞおち)を斜め後ろ上方に押し込むなど、喉の奥にモノが詰まった時同様の処置をするが、乳幼児の場合などでは、逆さにして背を強く叩いたり、大人が口で幼児の鼻と口を覆って吸い出すことも行われる場合がある。
吐かせた、または吐いた後は、患者に回復体位を取らせるのが望ましいが、回復体位を取らせるのが難しい場合は、嘔吐物により窒息しないために体を横に向けて寝かせる。特に意識が朦朧としている場合や意識を失っている場合、嘔吐物が気管に入り、窒息の危険がより高まるために仰向けに寝かせてはならない。
また、飲み込んだ物を強制的に吐かせるために催吐薬を用いる場合もある。
上記の(早期の治療が必要な場合)の場合、至急医師の診察を受け、原疾患の治療を受けるべきだが、特に異常が無く不定愁訴として嘔気・嘔吐が起きる場合、消化器機能改善剤であるメトクロプラミドやドンペリドン、ドパミン遮断効果・鎮静効能のある抗精神病薬のクロルプロマジン等の投与を対症療法として使用される場合がある。
成人では消化器の領域の感染症や潰瘍などによって起こる嘔吐が最も多いのだが、小児ではその他の疾患も鑑別に上がってくる。先天性腸閉鎖は腸回転異常でも起こるし、輪状膵でも起こりえる。治療には原因精査が必要である。これらの疾患ではその他の奇形の精査も重要となることがある。
発症時期 | 疾患 | 吐物 | 画像所見 |
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出生直後 | 先天性食道閉鎖症 | 泡沫様 | coil up sign |
出生数時間~1週間 | 先天性腸閉鎖症 | 胆汁性 | microcolon 多数のniveau |
出生数時間~1週間 | 鎖肛 | 直腸体温計が入らない、倒立位撮影 | |
出生数時間~1週間 | ヒルシュスプルング病 | megacolon caliber change narrow segment | |
出生2,3週 | 肥厚性幽門狭窄症 | 噴水状嘔吐 | string sign umbrella sign showlder sign |
数ヶ月~2歳 | 腸重積 | 胆汁性、黄色吐物 | かにの爪、target sign |
ウィキメディア・コモンズには、嘔吐に関連するメディアがあります。 |
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ICD-10 | R11 |
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ICD-9 | 787 |
MeSH | D014839 |
Vomiting (known medically with the Greek term emesis and informally as throwing up and numerous other terms) is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.[1] Vomiting can be caused by a wide variety of conditions; it may present as a specific response to ailments like gastritis or poisoning, or as a non-specific sequela of disorders ranging from brain tumors and elevated intracranial pressure to overexposure to ionizing radiation. The feeling that one is about to vomit is called nausea, which often precedes, but does not always lead to, vomiting. Antiemetics are sometimes necessary to suppress nausea and vomiting. In severe cases, where dehydration develops, intravenous fluid may be required.
Vomiting is different from regurgitation, although the two terms are often used interchangeably. Regurgitation is the return of undigested food back up the esophagus to the mouth, without the force and displeasure associated with vomiting. The causes of vomiting and regurgitation are generally different.
Vomiting can be dangerous if the gastric content enters the respiratory tract. Under normal circumstances the gag reflex and coughing prevent this from occurring, however these protective reflexes are compromised in persons under the influences of certain substances such as alcohol or anesthesia. The individual may choke and asphyxiate or suffer an aspiration pneumonia.
Prolonged and excessive vomiting depletes the body of water (dehydration), and may alter the electrolyte status. Gastric vomiting leads to the loss of acid (protons) and chloride directly. Combined with the resulting alkaline tide, this leads to hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis (low chloride levels together with high HCO−
3 and CO
2 and increased blood pH) and often hypokalemia (potassium depletion). The hypokalemia is an indirect result of the kidney compensating for the loss of acid. With the loss of intake of food the individual may eventually become cachectic. A less frequent occurrence results from a vomiting of intestinal contents, including bile acids and HCO−
3, which can cause metabolic acidosis.
Repeated or profuse vomiting may cause erosions to the esophagus or small tears in the esophageal mucosa (Mallory-Weiss tear). This may become apparent if fresh red blood is mixed with vomit after several episodes.
Recurrent vomiting, such as observed in bulimia nervosa, may lead to destruction of the tooth enamel due to the acidity of the vomit. Digestive enzymes can also have a negative effect on oral health, by degrading the tissue of the gums.
Receptors on the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain represent a chemoreceptor trigger zone, known as the area postrema, stimulation of which can lead to vomiting. The area postrema is a circumventricular organ and as such lies outside the blood–brain barrier; it can therefore be stimulated by blood-borne drugs that can stimulate vomiting or inhibit it.
There are various sources of input to the vomiting center:
The vomiting act encompasses three types of outputs initiated by the chemoreceptor trigger zone: Motor, parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), and sympathetic nervous system (SNS). They are as follows:
The neurotransmitters that regulate vomiting are poorly understood, but inhibitors of dopamine, histamine, and serotonin are all used to suppress vomiting, suggesting that these play a role in the initiation or maintenance of a vomiting cycle. Vasopressin and neurokinin may also participate.
The vomiting act has two phases. In the retching phase, the abdominal muscles undergo a few rounds of coordinated contractions together with the diaphragm and the muscles used in respiratory inspiration. For this reason, an individual may confuse this phase with an episode of violent hiccups. In this retching phase nothing has yet been expelled. In the next phase, also termed the expulsive phase, intense pressure is formed in the stomach brought about by enormous shifts in both the diaphragm and the abdomen. These shifts are, in essence, vigorous contractions of these muscles that last for extended periods of time - much longer than a normal period of muscular contraction. The pressure is then suddenly released when the upper esophageal sphincter relaxes resulting in the expulsion of gastric contents. Individuals who do not regularly exercise their abdominal muscles may experience pain in those muscles for a few days. The relief of pressure and the release of endorphins into the bloodstream after the expulsion causes the vomiter to feel better.
Gastric secretions and likewise vomit are highly acidic. Recent food intake appears in the gastric vomit. Irrespective of the content, vomit tends to be malodorous.
The content of the vomitus (vomit) may be of medical interest. Fresh blood in the vomit is termed hematemesis ("blood vomiting"). Altered blood bears resemblance to coffee grounds (as the iron in the blood is oxidized) and, when this matter is identified, the term coffee-ground vomiting is used. Bile can enter the vomit during subsequent heaves due to duodenal contraction if the vomiting is severe. Fecal vomiting is often a consequence of intestinal obstruction or a gastrocolic fistula and is treated as a warning sign of this potentially serious problem (signum mali ominis).
If the vomiting reflex continues for an extended period with no appreciable vomitus, the condition is known as non-productive emesis or "dry heaves", which can be painful and debilitating.
Vomiting may be due to a large number of causes, and protracted vomiting has a long differential diagnosis.
Causes in the digestive tract
Causes in the sensory system
Causes in the brain
Metabolic disturbances (these may irritate both the stomach and the parts of the brain that coordinate vomiting)
Pregnancy
Drug reaction (vomiting may occur as an acute somatic response to)
Illness (sometimes colloquially known as "stomach flu" — a broad name that refers to gastric inflammation caused by a range of viruses and bacteria)
An emetic, such as syrup of ipecac, is a substance that induces vomiting when administered orally or by injection. An emetic is used medically when a substance has been ingested and must be expelled from the body immediately (for this reason, many toxic and easily digestible products such as rat poison contain an emetic). Inducing vomiting can remove the substance before it is absorbed into the body. Ipecac abuse can cause detrimental health effects.
Salt water and mustard water have been used since ancient times as emetics.[4] Care must be taken with salt, as excessive intake can potentially be harmful.[5][6]
Copper sulfate was also used in the past as an emetic.[7][8] It is now considered too toxic for this use.[9]
Hydrogen peroxide is used as an emetic in veterinary practice.[10][11]
It is quite common that, when one person vomits, others nearby become nauseated, particularly when smelling the vomit of others, often to the point of vomiting themselves. It is believed that this is an evolved trait among primates. Many primates in the wild tend to browse for food in small groups. Should one member of the party react adversely to some ingested food, it may be advantageous (in a survival sense) for other members of the party to also vomit. This tendency in human populations has been observed at drinking parties, where excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages may cause a number of party members to vomit nearly simultaneously, this being triggered by the initial vomiting of a single member of the party. This phenomenon has been touched on in popular culture: Notorious instances appear in the films Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) and Stand By Me (1986).[12]
Intense vomiting in ayahuasca ceremonies is a common phenomenon. However, people who experience "la purga" after drinking ayahuasca, in general, regard the practice as both a physical and spiritual cleanse and often come to welcome it.[13] It has been suggested that the consistent emetic effects of ayahuasca — in addition to its many other therapeutic properties — was of medicinal benefit to indigenous peoples of the Amazon, in helping to clear parasites from the gastrointestinal system.[14]
There have also been documented cases of a single ill and vomiting individual inadvertently causing others to vomit, when they are especially fearful of also becoming ill, through a form of mass hysteria.
Most people try to contain their vomit by vomiting into a sink, toilet, or trash can, as vomit is difficult and unpleasant to clean. On airplanes and boats, special bags are supplied for sick passengers to vomit into. A special disposable bag (leakproof, puncture-resistant, odorless) containing absorbent material that solidifies the vomit quickly is also available, making it convenient and safe to store until there is an opportunity to dispose of it conveniently.
People who vomit chronically (e.g., as part of an eating disorder such as bulimia nervosa) may devise various ways to hide this disorder.
An online study of people's responses to "horrible sounds" found vomiting "the most disgusting". Professor Trevor Cox of the University of Salford's Acoustic Research Centre said that "We are pre-programmed to be repulsed by horrible things such as vomiting, as it is fundamental to staying alive to avoid nasty stuff." It is thought that disgust is triggered by the sound of vomiting to protect those nearby from, possibly diseased, food.[15]
Fecal vomiting (aka stercoraceous vomiting)[16] is a kind of vomiting, or emesis, in which partially or fully digested matter is expelled from the intestines into the stomach, by a combination of liquid and gas pressure and spasmodic contractions of the gastric muscles, and then subsequently forcefully expelled from the stomach up into the esophagus and out through the mouth and sometimes nasal passages. Though it is not usually fecal matter that is expelled[citation needed], it smells noxious. Alternative medical terms for fecal vomiting are copremesis and stercoraceous vomiting.[17] Copremesis like all emesis may lead to aspiration. However, if contents of the large intestine are aspirated, severe or even fatal aspiration pneumonia results, secondary to the massive number of bacteria normally present distal to the ileocecal valve.[citation needed] Projectile vomiting refers to vomiting that ejects the gastric contents with great force.[16] It is a classic symptom of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, in which it typically follows feeding and can be so forceful that some material exits through the nose.[18]
An antiemetic is a drug that is effective against vomiting and nausea. Antiemetics are typically used to treat motion sickness and the side effects of medications such as opioids and chemotherapy.
Antiemetics act by inhibiting the receptor sites associated with emesis. Hence, anticholinergics, antihistamines, dopamine antagonists, serotonin antagonists, and cannabinoids are used as antiemetics.
Nausea and/or vomiting are the main complaints in 1.6% of visits to family physicians in Australia.[19]
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リンク元 | 「emetic」 |
拡張検索 | 「vomiturition」 |
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