A case of nausea and vomiting : clinical case

Extracted from text ... CLINICAL CASE The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2003 22 A case of nausea and vomiting bowel gas. A diagnosis of a partial proximal small bowel obstruction was made. The most likely diagnosis was an obstruction in the area of A 70 year-old Scotsman visited his family in South Africa and presented with a history that 6 weeks ago he had become mildly anorexic and 2 weeks later suddenly experienced severe nausea and vomiting. His previous history of chronic constipation was now replaced by the passage of a daily soft stool. He was on Warfarin for chronic atrial ..