Can you be in so much pain you throw up?

[InsomniacInkRoss]

Is this possible? Or just a myth? I don't think mythbusters can test it.

[Glennron]

A couple years ago a friend of a friend was putting his feet against the door frame a few feet up, so kinda like he was doing the splits only in mid air holding himself up with his feet (Wow that's a bad explanation). Anyway he somehow started to fall and grab the door, and managed to fall with his junk hitting the top of the door knob. He fell over and puked like 5 seconds later.

[Baldkin]

Back in middle school, the "cool thing" for girls to do was to go up to guys and try to kick them in the junk. A friend of mine got this treatment and immediately vomited all over the girls shirt.

 

He got sent home and suspended. She wasn't punished.

[sbrylski]

A third "balls" related story. I mentioned in the Felix Pie "twisted testicle" thread that something like that happened to me. It wasn't actually until ~2 days later that the pain got so bad I actually threw up.

 

So seems like the answer to your question is yes, but only for aches and pains down under.

[brewcrewman17]

In the sixth grade I started having really terrible headaches because my shunt that drains fluid that builds up in my head needed a revision, and I threw up then... maybe the nausea was a symptom of the problem though and not the pain.

[TooLiveBrew]

Can ulcers make you puke?

[DuWayne Steurer]

During the Car Bash (Pay a buck, swing a sledgehammer for 60 seconds at a beater painted in our rival school's colors) my junior year, I took a big overhead swing at about the 5 seconds to go mark (arm fatigue really sets in quick swinging an 8 pound sledge as fast as you can), struck just a glancing blow on the driver side door, and squarely drilled the big toe on my right foot.

 

Walking away, I could not put any weight down on the foot, and it was throbbing like nobodie's business. I stopped, leaned on a tree, and blew chunks. Only then did one of my buddies take off my shoe and we saw what a disaster my toe was.

 

After that, they changed the car bash to "5 swings for a dollar" rather than swing balls out for a minute straight.

[Bikeage77]

A few years ago when I was a summer playground director, I pinched a nerve in my back while BMXing around at playground. I had to ask some kids to put my bike in my van because I couldn't lift it. For about 20 minutes I tried to stretch it out before I called my boss and went home. When I got home, I started seeing spots, and got really dizzy, almost falling off my porch. I made it inside and ended up puking a few times before I layed on my floor for the rest of the day in ridiculous pain. So yeah, I agree with everyone else, you can hurt so much that you vomit.

[berniebrewer4life]

Back in middle school, the "cool thing" for girls to do was to go up to guys and try to kick them in the junk. A friend of mine got this treatment and immediately vomited all over the girls shirt.

 

He got sent home and suspended. She wasn't punished.

If i were your friend's parents, i would have been REALLY pissed. I would have demanded the girl get punished, or threaten the school with legal action. There is no way he should have been punished.

[InsomniacInkRoss]

Well, I learned a lot

 

I still would like to see Mythbusters try it though

[SenatorShriv]

On two separate occasions I took really bad crashes while snowboarding and proceeded to blow chunks immediately afterwards. I think that the first time it might have had something to do with the concussion, but I'm not sure the science behind why it happens.

[Katuluu]

Passing a kidney stone will cause you to throw up.

[mothershipconnection]

Passing a kidney stone will cause you to throw up.

 

Not if you're outta your mind on morphine and hitting on the nurse like you ain't a guy in a hospital robe with a catheter. Mine broke up before being passed, though, so things were much easier.

[EsoxLazer]

Yes, you can definitely throw up from being in a great deal of pain. I threw up a few times after breaking my elbow and tearing my LCL and ulner nerve in a freak baseball incident...I was seeing spots and definitely thought that I was going to pass out when it initially happened. Not sure if this following story was pain related puking but its one of the worst things I've ever seen happen to someone. I was playing in a fall league a few years back and had pitched game 1 of a double header so I was in the dugout doing the book and trying to stay warm. I was sitting on a ball bucket just outside of the dugout so I got a birds-eye view of the whole thing. The batter fouled off a pitch, it came back up off of the plate and hit our catcher in the nads just behind(under) his cup. He immediately went to the ground writhing and screaming in pain. Our trainers got him into the dugout and after some investigating found that one of the nads had been driven up into his stomach. He was puking like crazy and screaming that he had never been in so much pain in his life. The trainers had him sit on the ground with his legs straight out in front of him while they picked him up under his armpits and dropped him onto the ground(maybe a 6-12" drop) trying to get his nad to drop back down. After 4-5 attempts and A LOT more puking, they finally decided to take him to the hospital. He said that the hospital visit was quite the ordeal but the pain went away almost instantly once they got it to drop. I'm not sure if it was the pain or the fact that it involved the nads that had him puking but it was crazy to witness t nonetheless. Needless to say, he was a little gun shy when get got back behind the dish a week or so later.

[dadofandrew]

I can't believe you did not know that!

 

Pain can trigger a lot of bad reactions; shock, throwing up, passing out, etc.

 

I still remember quite plainly how my wife threw up while in labor. I could only think I would rather be anywhere else in the world, even moreso than I had before. Actually, however, it is very common, not sure if it's the pain or just a complication.

 

They never show that in the sitcoms.http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[bando1234]

Hopefully no one is going to the vesectomy doctor soon. While I did not throw up, I felt darn close. Good ol doc finished one side & with the exception of the injection I felt nothing on the first side. Well he injects the other side, & starts going to work. I feel cutting & I yip. He injects more , this went on for about 3 more time which he followed up by "its swimming in antesia theres nothing more I can do. I dug my fingers into the bed while he went to town, next thing I know I feel tremendous pain in my junk all the way into my upper gut. I screamed & jumped while he was working. I think it was like a little girl scream too. He got really mad at me & told me he had never had anyone have such an outburst in his office. I told him Im sorry but it hurts. He said I know it hurts but now I wound up cutting more than what I want to. I decided to become a smart alec while I was on the table in which my response was . How in the heck do you know it hurts, you told me you never could have kids. Nothing like throwing that right out when he has to finish & sew me back up. I gutted the rest out. Doc would not give me any pain medication plus when he put my underwear back on , he put it around my ankles. Normally this is not a problem but I could hardly walk much less than bend over. as if this is not bad enough Im waiting for 20 minutes after the ordeal for my wife to get me. Everyone starts closing up the place so I hobble over to the window to see my wife parked in the furtest spot in an empty parking lot.

Another puke story. I was playing ball in legion ball. Some one walked inbetween the catcher & pitcher warming up on the opposing team. the catcher was throwing it back when it clipped I kid in the temple. Rumor had it he was throwing up blood on the field. A rescue squad came took him a way. The opposing coach came over & gave our coach the lineup card. Our coach asked him if he wanted to rescedule the game. He did not really see why so our coach decided to forefit the game. . I was happy, the all star game was on that night. Turned out the kid spent all night in critcical condition but did get better & wond up being realeased within 2 days.

[sauveb]

I was once throwing BP to one of my players in the cage. He hit a line drive back at me breaking a bone in my elbow. I didn't make it 5 steps before I got sick. The best part was that when my assistant coach heard the sound of the ball hitting my arm he threw up too.

[Invader3K]

Back in middle school, the "cool thing" for girls to do was to go up to guys and try to kick them in the junk. A friend of mine got this treatment and immediately vomited all over the girls shirt.

 

He got sent home and suspended. She wasn't punished.

If i were your friend's parents, i would have been REALLY pissed. I would have demanded the girl get punished, or threaten the school with legal action. There is no way he should have been punished.

I was going to say, I hope the guy's parents threw a fit.

 

[jcr0nk]

when my migraines get kickin` really bad i will sometimes throw up.

 

all these nutz stories make me cringe....yikes.

[Katuluu]

Here's something that will make you cringe.

 

 

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/custom/30/10007930.jpg

[Minigoon]

Passing a kidney stone will cause you to throw up.

 

I'll second that, and actually third that as twice when I had kidney stones I ended up throwing up.