Diseases

Rumination Syndrome

A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by repetitive and effortless regurgitation of ingested food from the stomach to the oral cavity in the early POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD. It is associated with functional gastrointestinal pathology (e.g., increased intra-gastric pressure) and psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression). It is not limited to infants and distinct from GERD and VOMITING.

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A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by repetitive and effortless regurgitation of ingested food from the stomach to the oral cavity in the early POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD. It is associated with functional gastrointestinal pathology (e.g., increased intra-gastric pressure) and psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression). It is not limited to infants and distinct from GERD and VOMITING.

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  • Merycism
  • Rumination Disorders
  • Rumination Disorder
  • Rumination Syndromes

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2020(1998)

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  • Gastrointestinal Diseases (1966-2019)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rumination Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000079562. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000079562
  2. Rumination Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumination_syndrome
  3. Rumination Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4358147