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What Causes Dry Heaving?

My 87 great old mother has dry heaved approximately 7/ 8 times during the past 6 hours, which exhausts her. She has eaten very little today. She takes 125 mill grams digoxin, under active thyroid medication 10mg vitamin D a day has 50 microgram patches of Fentynil due to be changed tomorrow morning. She is becoming very distressed.Have you any suggestions on the possible cause. Thank you
Tue, 30 Oct 2018
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Hello,

Dry heaving may be due to aortic stenosis or pulmonary stenosis. Digoxin dosage is little high so better to lower the dose.

Please post exact cause of why she is taking digoxin in case of heart failure then need to check whether she is in failure or not.

In case atrial fibrillation to control ventricular rate then it may be due to LV dysfunction or arrhythmia.

Get it done echocardiography, ECG, chest X-ray.

Please consult your doctor he will examine and treat you accordingly.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu,
Internal Medicine Specialist
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What Causes Dry Heaving?

Hello, Dry heaving may be due to aortic stenosis or pulmonary stenosis. Digoxin dosage is little high so better to lower the dose. Please post exact cause of why she is taking digoxin in case of heart failure then need to check whether she is in failure or not. In case atrial fibrillation to control ventricular rate then it may be due to LV dysfunction or arrhythmia. Get it done echocardiography, ECG, chest X-ray. Please consult your doctor he will examine and treat you accordingly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu, Internal Medicine Specialist