just a health question..

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hello there fellow nurses! just a quick question..

what could be the possible cause of feeling nauseous after laughing so hard?

thanks

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Specializes in Home health was tops, 2nd was L&D.

?? Maybe swallowing air???

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Respiratory alkalosis?

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Specializes in L&D; GI; Fam Med; Home H; Case mgmt.

Hyperventilation (as poster above said), strained abdominal muscles... any number of things. That's a GOOD kind of nausea. ;)

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

OMG. Perhaps "laughed til I puked"..............

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Specializes in ER, Trauma.

Realising it's not a dream, and you really did just wake up in a Mexican jail?

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simple weak sphincter esophageal reflux

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Ipecac.

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Too much air blocking the esophagus.

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Pryor-Carlin emetic cachinnation syndrome.

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Specializes in PACU, OR.

Realizing no-one else was laughing at your joke....

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Realizing no-one else was laughing at your joke....

:yeah:

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