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==History and Symptoms==
==History and Symptoms==
'''History:'''


=== '''History''' ===
Patients usually have a history of forceful vomiting or retching, but some patients may have no history of vomiting or retching.  
Patients usually have a history of forceful vomiting or retching, but some patients may have no history of vomiting or retching.  


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* [[Seizure|Seizures]]
* [[Seizure|Seizures]]


'''Symptoms''':
=== '''Symptoms''' ===
* [[Hematemesis|Bloody vomiting]]
* [[Hematemesis|Bloody vomiting]]
* [[Abdominal pain|Epigastric pain]]
* [[Abdominal pain|Epigastric pain]]

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Overview

The hallmark of Mallory-Weiss syndrome is acute onset of bloody vomiting. A positive history of forceful vomiting and retching are suggestive of Mallory-Weiss syndrome, but may present as an old blood in the stool with no history of retching.

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Patients usually have a history of forceful vomiting or retching, but some patients may have no history of vomiting or retching.

Specific histories should be obtained about about predisposing factors such as:

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