What’s wrong with coughing and throwing up?



Coughing with vomiting may be the result of increased intragastric pressure, intestinal infections, and medications.

1. Increased intragastric pressure: In the process of violent coughing, there may be a large amount of gas to the gastrointestinal tract, causing increased intragastric pressure to produce vomiting.

2. Infections: for example, acute gastroenteritis caused by viral colds, when respiratory tract infections are present at the same time as gastrointestinal viral infections, leading to gastric mucosal damage and vomiting after gastric acid stimulation.

3. Drugs: patients with bronchitis and other upper and lower respiratory tract infections cough, due to the use of antibiotics such as macrolides, some patients will produce varying degrees of gastrointestinal dynamics, leading to vomiting.

When vomiting occurs during coughing, care needs to be taken to prevent the vomit from being accidentally inhaled into the respiratory tract, with adverse consequences. When vomiting occurs during coughing, it is recommended to consult a doctor for further examination as prescribed by the doctor, to clarify the cause with the help of the doctor, and to carry out targeted treatment or therapy.