Regurgitation

Regurgitation: A backward flowing. For example, of food. Or the sloshing of blood back into the heart (or between chambers of the heart) when a heart valve is incompetent and does not close effectively.
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Regurgitation occurs when the heart valve does not close completely, causing the blood to flow backward instead of forward through the valve.
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Tricuspid Regurgitation
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Tricuspid regurgitation is a disorder involving backward flow of blood across the tricuspid valve which separates the right ventricle (lower heart chamber) from the right atrium (upper heart chamber).
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Regurgitation (leaking from insufficient valve closure) is caused by diseases that weaken or damage the valve or its supporting structures. Inadequate closure of the mitral valve causes blood to flow back to the left atrium.
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Mild regurgitation requires an evaluation with an echocardiogram every 2 to 3 years, a moderate condition requires an echo every year, and with severe regurgitation you may have to have an echo every 4 to 6 months.
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Aortic regurgitation: The return of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle of the heart due to aortic insufficiency, incomplete closure of the aortic valve.
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Tricuspid regurgitation occurs when the tricuspid valve within the heart fails to close tightly. This causes blood to flow backward.
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Regurgitation, diarrhea and constipation are fairly common in infants. When these problems occur with abnormal frequency, however, they may be signs of intestinal obstruction, a serious condition in which a blockage develops in the stomach, ...
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Regurgitation. This leaves a sour taste and the sense of food re-entering your mouth.
Burning chest pain. This may occur especially after meals or at night when you're lying down.
Difficulty swallowing.
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The return of partly digested food from the stomach to the mouth or of blood in a reverse direction through the valves of the heart.
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The regurgitation of blood from the upper gastrointestinal tract, which includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus (feeding tube that transmits food and secretions from mouth to stomach), stomach, and small intestine.
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Aortic regurgitation. A weakened and enlarged aorta may allow some blood to leak back into the heart during each heartbeat; this condition is called aortic regurgitation.
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ERUCTATIONS AND REGURGITATIONS OF FOOD"Fomentation over the stomach, twice daily; continuous Heating Compress during the interval between, but without impervious covering, renewing every 4 hours.
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mitral regurgitation; acute
mitral regurgitation; chronic
mitral valve prolapse
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pericarditis; constrictive
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peripartum cardiomyopathy
pulmonary edema
restrictive cardiomyopathy
senile cardiac amyloid ...
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Valves that don't shut properly, causing regurgitation of blood back across the valve in the wrong direction (for example, from the aorta back into the heart).
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Regurgitation or vomiting of undigested food
Chest pain, discomfort or fullness under the breastbone, especially after meals
Coughing, especially at night or when lying down
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Spitting up is the mild vomiting or regurgitation of food, milk, and saliva that can occur in infants. Spitting up is not forceful and does not contain large amounts of food and fluids.
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STEVEN PEIKIN, MD: The second most common symptom of gastro esophageal reflux is regurgitation. That may be that sour taste in the mouth that you feel maybe when you bend over to tie your shoes or when you're laying down at night.
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The most common cause for mitral regurgitation is rheumatic fever. Other causes include: myocardial infarction, massive calcification of the mitral annulus (in the elderly), lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, infectious endocarditis, ...
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The sensation is produced by spasmodic constrictions of the esophagus accompanied or occasioned by regurgitation of stomach acids, which spread upward into the throat, and may result in belching or vomiting.
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as soon as you've finished feeding your baby, everything you worked so hard to get down comes right back up -all over your shirt. Spitting up is as endemic to newborns as the soft spot on the top of their heads. Also called reflux or regurgitation, ...
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Another example is regurgitation when food is swallowed and is then brought back up into the mouth for re-chewing. Some people eat non-foods, such as paper tissues, to fill themselves up without the calorific intake.
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