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Is there such thing as a procedure to permanently disable the nausea and vomiting center of the brain? suffer from extreme form of gad & emetophobia.

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Dr. Mark Fisher answered

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Got news for you: EVERYONE has emetophobia. NOBODY likes to throw up. If nausea & vomiting weren't selected for by evolution, we wouldn't do it. The various vomiting triggers are handled by several loosely organized neuronal nuclei in the (VERY SMALL) medulla oblongata coordinated by a central pattern generator. There is no 1 vomiting center. Ablation of that much medullary tissue is not compatible with life.

Answered 7/26/2016

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A member asked:

Is there such thing as a procedure to permanently disable the nausea and vomiting center of the brain? suffer from extreme form of gad & emetophobia.

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Dr. Mark Fisher answered

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