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The Vomit Reflex

The Vomit Reflex - Copyright nabrown RVC

Emesis is the process of vomiting

Persistent vomiting can be exhausting and can lead to metabolic alkalosis, dehydration and electrolyte inbalances which may require fluid therapy

Extreme cases of persistent vomiting can lead to shock

Retching involves the abdominal and chest walls contracting

Vomiting includes retching and the action of the diaphragm

Diaphragm moves caudal to open the cardia

Gastrointestinal tract have protective stimuli to recognise harmful products ingested. The mechanoreceptors and chemoreceptors respond using viscerent afferent pathways.

Medulla co-ordinates process

Chemoreceptive trigger zone in the 4th ventricle responds to blood and CSF

Inputs also from inner ear and higher centres

Emetic agents can be used in cases of gastric obstruction and to remove non-corrosive poisons from the stomach (for corrosive poisons charcoal can be used which will help adsorb the substance and decrease its absorbtion into the GIT)

For more information on emetic and anti-emetic drugs click here

Emetic agents

Drugs cause emesis by irritating the gastric mucosa
- Histamine
- ACh
- Dopamine
- Catecholamines
- 5-hydroxytryptamine
- Substance P
- Enkephalins
- NK1 receptor agonists

Anti-emetic agents

Anti-emetic agents can be used to treat motion sickness and to treat or prevent vomiting
- Dopamine (D2) receptor antagonists
- 5-hydroxytryptamine antagonists
- NK1 receptor antagonists
- Muscarinic receptor antagonists
- Histamine (H1) receptor antagonists
- Gastroprotective agents

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+==The Vomit Reflex==
-==Overview==
+[[Image:The Vomit Reflex Pathway.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The Vomit Reflex - Copyright nabrown RVC]]
+*Emesis is the process of vomiting
-Vomiting has potentially lethal effects in the monogastric animal. The effects are listed below. It is clinically important to differentiate vomiting from [[Regurgitation|regurgitation]], as clients can often confuse these clinical signs and the two have very different aetiologies.<br>
-===Water Loss===
-Fluid loss is evident as an increased PCV or haematocrit, an increased total protein concentration or a prerenal [[Azotaemia|azotaemia]].
+*Persistent vomiting can be exhausting and can lead to metabolic alkalosis, dehydration and electrolyte inbalances which may require fluid therapy
-===Gastric Electrolyte Loss===
+*Extreme cases of persistent vomiting can lead to shock
-The main losses are of H<sup>+</sup> and Cl<sup>-</sup>, and also K<sup>+</sup>. [[:Category:Electrolytes|Electrolyte]] loss can potentially cause metabolic alkalosis, although this is only likely with disease which stops at the pylorus, e.g.: pyloric outflow obstruction. In cases where '''mild alkalosis''' occurs, homeostatic mechanisms produce a more alkaline urine to restore normal body pH. However, in '''severe metabolic alkalosis''' with marked dehydration, acidic urine may be produced. This is termed '''paradoxical aciduria'''. Because vomiting induces hypokalaemia, there is an overriding stimulus in the kidney for Na<sup>+</sup> (and therefore water) retention. Na+ can only be resorbed in exchange for H+, H+<sup>+</sup> is therefore excreted in the urine, causing it to be acidic. Vomiting also induces '''hypochloraemia''', meaning bicarbonate rather than chloride is resorbed with the Na+ to maintain electrical neutrality. This perpetuates the alkalosis.
+*Retching involves the abdominal and chest walls contracting
-Vomiting does not occur in the ruminant although [[Abomasum - Anatomy & Physiology|abomasal]] content may reflux into the [[Ruminant Stomach - Anatomy & Physiology|forestomachs]]. Sequestration of secretions in the [[Abomasum - Anatomy & Physiology|abomasum]] will have similar effects to pyloric outflow obstruction with vomiting in the monogastric animal, e.g. [[Displaced Abomasum|abomasal torsion]]. It also causes dehydration, hypochloraemia, hypokalaemia and metabolic alkalosis. Lesions in the [[Small Intestine Overview - Anatomy & Physiology|small intestine]] can also lead to vomiting. Both gastric acid and pancreatic and intestinal bicarbonate secretions are lost, the animal consequently has a normal pH or may even be '''acidotic'''.
+*Vomiting includes retching and the action of the diaphragm
-==The Vomit Reflex==
+*Diaphragm moves caudal to open the cardia
-[[Image:The Vomit Reflex Pathway.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Vomit Reflex - Copyright nabrown RVC]]
-'''Emesis''' is the process of vomiting. Persistent vomiting can be exhausting and can lead to [[Essential Ion and Compound Balance and Homeostasis - Anatomy & Physiology#Alkalosis|metabolic alkalosis]], [[Dehydration|dehydration]] and electrolyte imbalances which may require [[Principles of Fluid Therapy|fluid therapy]]. Extreme cases of persistent vomiting can lead to [[Shock|shock]].
-Vomiting includes retching and the action of the [[Diaphragm - Anatomy & Physiology|diaphragm]]. The diaphragm moves caudal to open the cardia and retching involves the abdominal and chest walls contracting. The gastrointestinal tract has protective stimuli to recognise harmful products ingested. The mechanoreceptors and chemoreceptors respond using visceral afferent pathways. The [[Hindbrain - Anatomy & Physiology#Medulla Oblongata|medulla]] co-ordinates the process and the chemoreceptive trigger zone in the 4th ventricle responds to blood and [[Cerebral Spinal Fluid - Anatomy & Physiology|CSF]]. Inputs are also received from the [[Ear - Anatomy & Physiology#Inner Ear|inner ear]] and higher centres.
+*Gastrointestinal tract have protective stimuli to recognise harmful products ingested. The mechanoreceptors and chemoreceptors respond using viscerent afferent pathways.
-Emetic agents can be used in cases of gastric obstruction and to remove non-corrosive poisons from the stomach (for corrosive poisons charcoal can be used which will help adsorb the substance and decrease its absorption into the gastrointestinal tract).
+*Medulla co-ordinates process
-===[[Emetics and Anti-Emetic Drugs|Emetic agents]]===
+*Chemoreceptive trigger zone in the 4th ventricle responds to blood and CSF
-Drugs cause emesis by irritating the gastric mucosa. Emetic drugs include the following:
+*Inputs also from inner ear and higher centres
-*Histamine
+*Emetic agents can be used in cases of gastric obstruction and to remove non-corrosive poisons from the stomach (for corrosive poisons charcoal can be used which will help adsorb the substance and decrease its absorbtion into the GIT)
-*ACh
-*Dopamine
-*Catecholamines
-*5-hydroxytryptamine
-*Substance P
-*Enkephalins
-*NK1 receptor agonists
-===[[Emetics and Anti-Emetic Drugs|Anti-emetic agents]]===
+*For more information on emetic and anti-emetic drugs click [[Emetics and Anti-Emetic Drugs|here]]
-Anti-emetic agents can be used to treat motion sickness and to treat or prevent vomiting. They include the following:
+===Emetic agents===
-*Dopamine (D2) receptor antagonists
+*Drugs cause emesis by irritating the gastric mucosa
-*5-hydroxytryptamine antagonists
+**Histamine
-*NK1 receptor antagonists
+**ACh
-*Muscarinic receptor antagonists
+**Dopamine
-*Histamine (H1) receptor antagonists
+**Catecholamines
-*[[Gastroprotective Drugs|Gastroprotective agents]]
+**5-hydroxytryptamine
+**Substance P
+**Enkephalins
+**NK1 receptor agonists
-{{OpenPages}}
+===Anti-emetic agents===
-[[Category:Feeding Control]]
+*Anti-emetic agents can be used to treat motion sickness and to treat or prevent vomiting
-[[Category:A&P Done]]
+**Dopamine (D2) receptor antagonists
+**5-hydroxytryptamine antagonists
+**NK1 receptor antagonists
+**Muscarinic receptor antagonists
+**Histamine (H1) receptor antagonists
+**Gastroprotective agents

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