10 Facts About Rumination syndrome

Rumination syndrome, or merycism, is a chronic motility disorder characterized by effortless regurgitation of most meals following consumption, due to the involuntary contraction of the muscles around the abdomen.

Diagnosis of rumination syndrome is non-invasive and based on a history of the individual.

Rumination syndrome is a poorly understood disorder, and a number of theories have speculated the mechanisms that cause the regurgitation, which is a unique symptom to this disorder.

Rumination syndrome is diagnosed based on a complete history of the individual.

Adults and adolescents with rumination syndrome are generally well aware of their gradually increasing malnutrition, but are unable to control the reflex.

Rumination syndrome is a condition which affects the functioning of the stomach and esophagus, known as a functional gastroduodenal disorder.

In patients that have a history of eating disorders, Rumination syndrome is grouped alongside eating disorders such as bulimia and pica, which are themselves grouped under non-psychotic mental disorder.

In most healthy adolescents and adults who have no mental disability, Rumination syndrome is considered a motility disorder instead of an eating disorder, because the patients tend to have had no control over its occurrence and have had no history of eating disorders.

Rumination syndrome disorder was initially documentedas affecting newborns, infants, childrenand individuals with mental and functional disabilities .

Rumination syndrome is sometimes described as rare, but has been described as not rare, but rather rarely recognized.