Functional Nausea in Children: A Review of the Literature and Need for Diagnostic Criteria

Alexandra C Russell; Amanda L Stone; Lynn S Walker

doi:10.3390/children3010005

Functional Nausea in Children: A Review of the Literature and Need for Diagnostic Criteria

Children (Basel). 2016 Mar 10;3(1):5. doi: 10.3390/children3010005.

Authors

Alexandra C Russell¹, Amanda L Stone², Lynn S Walker³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. Alexandra.C.Russell@Vanderbilt.edu.
² Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. Amanda.Sherman@Vanderbilt.edu.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. Lynn.Walker@Vanderbilt.edu.

Abstract

Nausea is common amongst children with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is associated with a high burden of somatic and psychosocial comorbidities in both the short and long-term. Current treatments including medications, phytotherapy, stress-reduction techniques, and gastric electrical stimulation for recalcitrant cases, are reviewed. Functional nausea merits its own diagnostic criteria as a pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorder.

Keywords: autonomic dysfunction; chronic idiopathic nausea; functional gastrointestinal disorders; functional nausea; integrative medicine.

Publication types

Review