digestive disorders
Regurgitation and Rumination
Rumination
Regurgitation sometimes occurs with no apparent physical cause. Such regurgitation is called rumination. In rumination, small amounts of food are regurgitated from the stomach, usually 15 to 30 minutes after eating. The material often passes all the way to the mouth where a person may chew it again and reswallow it. Rumination is usually involuntary and occurs without nausea, pain, or difficulty in swallowing. Rumination is common among infants. In adults, rumination most often occurs among people who have emotional disorders, especially during periods of stress. Rumination may be helped by doing behavioral techniques such as Relaxation Techniques , 