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Medical Author:

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.

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Medical Editor:

Bhupinder Anand, MD

See your health care practitioner if your symptoms are new, long-lasting, or worsen despite self-care.

Seek immediate medical attention if you have any of the following symptoms.

• Vomiting that does not allow the affected person to take food, fluids, and medications
• Fever with abdominal pain
• Fainting or feeling faint
• Rapid heartbeat
• Unexplained sweating
• Pallor
• Repeated vomiting of green or yellow material
• Vomiting any amount of blood
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain

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