Rare Nausea Disease Woman has been vomiting over 20 times a day for ten years

"Cyclic vomiting": Young woman has to vomit 20 times a day

Many diseases cause nausea and vomiting. Everybody knows how bad you feel then. One person who understands that much more is a 23-year-old woman from the UK. She has to vomit 20 times a day.

Vomit every 20 minutes
Nausea and vomiting is a common side effect of many diseases. Often it is then sufficient to resort to certain home remedies for nausea, such as different teas. However, self-treatment of nausea and vomiting does not work equally for all patients. Some are especially hard hit. 23-year-old Stephanie Horner has been suffering from a rare disease for around ten years. In the case of the young woman from Gateshead, England, the syndrome "cyclical vomiting syndrome" (CVS) was identified. She is almost constantly sick and she has to vomit up to 20 times a day. In very bad phases, Horner even vomits every 20 minutes and often needs to be re-hydrated in a hospital.

Hard to treat and not curable
At the age of 13, the disease made itself felt for the first time in the Briton. According to health experts, CVS usually starts in childhood and affects about one in 300,000 children. In addition to nausea and vomiting, other symptoms such as abdominal pain, headache, fever or, as a result of frequent vomiting, internal dehydration may occur. Little is known about the causes. The diagnosis is difficult. Even with Horner, the disease was first detected when it came to vomiting blood and she was therefore extensively studied. The disease is considered difficult to treat and not curable.

Disease can be life threatening
Due to the various complaints, it is hardly possible for the young woman to pursue an activity. Several British newspapers reported that she had to drop out of college due to her illness several years ago and was already losing several jobs. To the "Daily Mail" she said: "In the worst case I have to vomit every 20 minutes, between the seizures I try not to throw up. Every morning I lie in bed and wonder if I have to drive to the hospital. If I misjudge the situation, I may die of dehydration. "

Little is known about illness
In another newspaper, the "Metro", Horner said: "It can be a really embarrassing illness because I have often vomited over myself, because my body sends me no warning signals." As "news.de" reported explained Dr. Robin Dover, chairman of the Association of Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, told the newspaper: "CVS is a poorly-researched disease. The affected people are mostly completely healthy. Between their crushing attacks they are quite normal. But then they have these attacks of constant nausea and vomiting. "(Ad)