CVS



Monet's Garden - Giverny, France by DG Hudson

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
 
I've collected the posts and links here for your convenience. Please see the Youtube videos at the bottom of this page for an explanation of the disease and its effects.

LAST UPDATE: Feb 20, 2013


The Parent, The Child and the Disability

A general description of life with CVS, the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. 


The Chronic Pain of CVS

What it's like to be living with this disease/syndrome.  This post has links to other sites with more detailed information and a support group.


Chicago Children's Memorial Hospital - Gastroenterology

A newspaper article, Nov. 21, 2001 in the Cherokee Tribune discussed this little understood ailment. 
Information at this link:

http://www.childrensmemorial.org/depts/gastroenterology/digestion/cyclic.aspx

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Youtube videos about CVS:
Updated Feb. 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoxEdVWSytY  B. Li, MD, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTec8ASKTxk Personal explanation of CVS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE88SkVi_PI Dr. B. Li, defining the intensity.

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These posts are written from a parent's perspective to share information.  When we were trying to get our child diagnosed, there was very little published on this subject.
The path, currently going into its 12th year, continues.