Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Basics
Description
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is characterized by recurrent and stereotypical episodes of vomiting with intervening periods of normal health.
- Essential clinical features of CVS are two or more periods of intense nausea and paroxysmal vomiting lasting hours to days within a 6-month period, return to baseline health between episodes, stereotypical episodes with regard to timing of symptoms and duration; as well as the absence of an identifiable organic cause for vomiting.
Epidemiology
- CVS commonly starts in early childhood with approximately 46% of children developing symptoms at ≤3 years of age.
- Prevalence of 0.2–1% has been reported.
- The syndrome is more common in Caucasians.
Commonly Associated Conditions
- 2/3 of CVS patients have symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- 11% of CVS patients have migraine headaches and a third of patients later develop migraine headaches.
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Citation
Cabana, Michael D., editor. "Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome." 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 8th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/618177/all/Cyclic_Vomiting_Syndrome.
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. In: Cabana MDM, ed. 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/618177/all/Cyclic_Vomiting_Syndrome. Accessed November 12, 2024.
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. (2019). In Cabana, M. D. (Ed.), 5-Minute Pediatric Consult (8th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/618177/all/Cyclic_Vomiting_Syndrome
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome [Internet]. In: Cabana MDM, editors. 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. [cited 2024 November 12]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/618177/all/Cyclic_Vomiting_Syndrome.
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