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What could cause a man to suddenly not be able to hold food or drinks down?
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Lots of causes: Anything from an enormous spleen from a white-cell proliferative disease to a cancer or scarring ulcer blocking the entry to or outlet from the stomach to nerve disease to achalasia to a host of others. A full physical and some imaging are in order.
Answered 9/28/2016
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