Erin Delman, 25, is a fourth-year PhD student of earth system sciences, specifically studying the relationship between climate change and conflict, at the University of California Irvine. After years of violent, unexplained vomiting, she was diagnosed just three months ago with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), a condition so rare that the exact number of patients is…
“GREY’S ANATOMY” Featured Adult Patient with CVS Episode Aired November 15th, based on illness of the daughter of Actor/Director Chandra Wilson. CAN YOU GET LINK FROM WEBSITE? A Message from Chandra At the 2012 CVSA family conference, I was specifically asked by our sufferers to find a way to get CVS onto Grey’s Anatomy. Historically,…
Live Q&A: When stomach aches & vomiting become serious in kids Are you concerned about the frequency or intensity of a child’s stomach aches or vomiting? Could it be abdominal migraines or cyclic vomiting syndrome? Tune into this live Q&A with Dr. Kovacic, a pediatric gastroenterologist within the Gastroenterology, Liver and Nutrition Program at Children’s…
We reported earlier this week about Brad Ferguson of Kamloops, who died from complications from a rare disorder, and the reaction we received from readers near and far suggest those complications are common among sufferers. Ferguson, 29, was diagnosed two years ago with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, which affects roughly two per cent of the population.…