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The commonest infectious cause of vomiting is, rather unsurprisingly, [[paediatric gastroenteritis|gastroenteritis]]. However, children tend to have more non-specific syndromes when they get infections. Since they often can't vocalise their symptoms, it is difficult to know exactly what is going on. As such, vomiting can be a sign of any of the following infections:
The commonest infectious cause of vomiting is, rather unsurprisingly, [[Paediatric Gastroenteritis|gastroenteritis]]. However, children tend to have more non-specific syndromes when they get infections. Since they often can't vocalise their symptoms, it is difficult to know exactly what is going on. As such, vomiting can be a sign of any of the following infections:


*[[Paediatric Meningitis|Meningitis]]
*[[Paediatric Meningitis|Meningitis]]

Revision as of 18:15, 30 August 2008

The commonest infectious cause of vomiting is, rather unsurprisingly, gastroenteritis. However, children tend to have more non-specific syndromes when they get infections. Since they often can't vocalise their symptoms, it is difficult to know exactly what is going on. As such, vomiting can be a sign of any of the following infections: