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3. Disease: Faecal Vomiting

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Unfortunately, this is not some kind of complicated medical term. Faecal vomiting does exactly what it says on the tin.

This is a rare but revolting condition in which the content of the colon makes an about turn and heads right back from whence it came. This generally occurs in the case of a severe obstruction in the bowels, either through constipation, torsion or a tumour.

Seeing as there are really only two options in the digestive tract, the only way out is then through the mouth.

Mercifully, the material that comes back up is not generally a fully formed log, as it likely comes from the small intestine. This is probably little consolation to the poor folks afflicted with the condition as it still looks and smells like the real deal and is, for all intents and purposes, poo. In your mouth.

The human body is a magical machine.

 
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