Rumination, Heartburn, and Daytime Gastroesphageal Reflux

The relationship between rumination and eating disorders

“…Over the last few decades, there have also been several studies examining the physiological changes in manometric pressures and other physiological parameters associated with rumination (Clouse & Lustman, 1983;Shay et al, 1986;Reynolds & Lloyd, 1986;Breumelhof & Depla, 1990). Several authors have also raised the possibility of an association between rumination and certain forms of psychopathology, including affective disorders (Blinder, 1986) and, of particular interest in the current context, eating disorders (Fairburn andCooper, 1984a, 1984b).…”

Persistent functional vomiting

“…Several other reports of rumination in adults (Amarnath, Abell, & Malagelda, 1986;Breumelhof, Smout, & Depla, 1990;Levine, Wingate, Pfeffer, & Butcher, 1983;Reynolds & Lloyd, 1986;Shay et al, 1986) confine the diagnoses to cases with a pattern of habitual regurgitation which occurs shortly after meals and is followed by rechewing and reswallowing of the regurgitated material as in our Case 2. The duration of the disorder in these reports was generally several years.…”

“…The duration of the disorder in these reports was generally several years. A similar syndrome of regurgitation and reconsumption of previously ingested food is well known amongst the developmentally disabled (Starin & Fuqua, 1987). Rumination has also been described in bulimia (Fairburn & Cooper, 1984;Larocca & Della-Fera, 1986) where it is characterized by regurgitation, rechewing, and reswallowing of previously ingested food by individuals who purge as a weight control strategy.…”

Severe Pediatric Rumination Syndrome: Successful Interdisciplinary Inpatient Management

“…Multiple authors have conceptualized rumination syndrome as a form of a habit disorder (11). Physiologically, rumination has been described as an automatic behavior (ie, abdominal wall contraction, esophageal sphincter opening) in response to either the anticipation or actual sensation of food or liquid entering the stomach (12,13). As such, the treatment strategy we used involves multiple aspects of traditional habit reversal protocols.…”