How do we throw up?!


Question: Vomiting is a natural bodily function that is used to clear the contents of the stomach, and avoid illnesses getting into your body through the mouth. Although it is a natural function, emetophobes fear this reaction in many cases it is the fear that it can happen without warning and at any time day or night. This can lead to panic attacks and a high level of anxiety in emetophobes, however, the vast majority of emetophobes are not sick for many many years, some are never sick.

Vomiting can be triggered by smells, sounds, tastes and problems with food. The process of vomiting in very complex and involves many different signals from different parts of the body. Within your brain there is a vomit control centre that sends signals to various parts of the body . Vomiting is a forceful action accomplished by a fierce, downward contraction of the diaphragm. At the same time, the abdominal muscles tighten against a relaxed stomach with an open sphincter. The contents of the stomach are propelled up and out.


Answers: Vomiting is a natural bodily function that is used to clear the contents of the stomach, and avoid illnesses getting into your body through the mouth. Although it is a natural function, emetophobes fear this reaction in many cases it is the fear that it can happen without warning and at any time day or night. This can lead to panic attacks and a high level of anxiety in emetophobes, however, the vast majority of emetophobes are not sick for many many years, some are never sick.

Vomiting can be triggered by smells, sounds, tastes and problems with food. The process of vomiting in very complex and involves many different signals from different parts of the body. Within your brain there is a vomit control centre that sends signals to various parts of the body . Vomiting is a forceful action accomplished by a fierce, downward contraction of the diaphragm. At the same time, the abdominal muscles tighten against a relaxed stomach with an open sphincter. The contents of the stomach are propelled up and out.

why is this in entertaining

Please Don't

because of people like you

Vomiting is a complex, coordinated reflex orchestrated by the vomiting center of the brain.

It's an involuntary action.

think of your grandparents making love!

there is a little pocket in your belly that holds carrotts and when it's full it empties, and thats how you throw up and why it's always got carrotts in !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you wouldnt wana do that.
my friend used to do that,
then she started fainting alot. and was getting really thin and weak. it wasnt nice.

certanthings r not allowed in r body and that is away 2 say it

lovely question :D

it is caused by bile in your stomach. when your body doesn't agree with something or finds it a danger to your body, the first instict is to get rid of it, and the only way to get it out is through your mouth or butt.

your body will mix the 'toxin' with the bile from your stomach, and you will gip. this adds the to the pressure and makes it easier for the puke to get up your throat (that's why sometimes you think that you have swallowed your sick and in reality it is just that there isn't enough pressure to bring it up). the pressure is just air that brings the sick from your stomach and up your throat, the pressure can be caused from things such as gipping, burping and even the hic-cups.

are you training to be a doctor/nurse?
i hopes so cus if u arent then if
u want 2 know how 2 throw up you
are sick. eeewwwww dont wanna think about it right now!
either that or ur bulimic

Well basically it's like this the food you eat that makes you sick comes up to the gullet until it reaches the mouth then it comes out in a gross way.Yuck!!!!!!

oh i hateto throw up

like stick a finger down your throat?
are you tryin to go bulimic?

Stimulation of the vagus nerve induces natural vomiting. Google it for more information.

LOL..... Nice Questoin.. I've done it a few times to stay home from school in about 9th grade. There are nice ways to do this. You want to eat a little bit or drink some water. THen clean your finger with soap. Stick ure finger down your throat and start moving it around your tonsils. A few seconds later you might start getting a jump from your stomach. Its a forcing way of throwing up....

If you are talking about why someone throws up, its because they have an upset stomach meaning it is full of different acids and bases....

Hope this helped :)

8 shots of tequila, anything from arby's and a tilt-a-whirl.

eat some durian

Please get help.

thats a weird question to ask





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