Is the physiologic mechanism of vomiting associated with early pregnancy different from vomiting of migraine, motion sickness, cyclic vomiting, acute viral hepatitis with hepatocellular jaundice, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute or chronic renal failure / end-state renal disease, opioids including morphine, poisonings including food poisoning, and diverse drug-induced vomiting including digitalis intoxication?
What is happening at the CRTZ in the area postrema? How does dopamine activation of CRTZ develop?
Vomiting associated with pregnancy is mainly caused by an elevation in the secretion of beta human chorionic gonadotropin (Beta hCG) by the placenta, which has an effect on the hypothalamic trigger zone. There is a disorder called hyperemesis gravidarum, whose pathophysiology precisely includes abnormally high levels of beta human chorionic gonadotropin (Beta hCG). Greetings from Mexico.
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