Nausea and Vomiting

[pandw77]

My daughter is 29yrs old, Oct. 4, 2007 she had decompression surgery for CM type 1 with 5mm.  In Jan. 2008 she had a second surgery for a torn patch and again in Feb. then in March she had a shunt put in because she was producing to much cerebral fluid.  She went back in the hospital in June for nausea and vomiting, she has since been in five more times (she is there now) for the same thing.  What could cause this and what do we do?  We are wondering if we should come to your clinic to see a Chiari specialist instead of seeing a Neuro Surgeon.  Her NS is just trying different kinds of nausea meds.  Shouldn't there be more tests and what kind of tests should she have?
Thanks, Pat

[youngwife]

Hi!  

The brain stem controls nausea and vomiting.  Chiari affects the brain stem.  There could be many causes of her symptoms.  

But, the best way to find out is to see a Chiari specialist!

Locations of specialist that I know of are:
Denver, Colorado
Chicago
New York
North Carolina
Miami
Wisconsin
California

There may be more, but I am not aware of them at this time.

Rebecca

[Shane99]

And Tennessee.