There are reports that they are pouring in way too much food, causing vomiting, and are roughly pulling the tubes back and forth, in and out of the nose.

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Riley suffers from gastroparesis, a nasty condition in which the stomach cannot empty itself, causing nausea, vomiting and pain.

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The difficulty is that the spice doesn't break down very fast and can get stuck in the throat, causing gagging and even vomiting.

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He would say it when he went in his Humvee into the neighborhoods of eastern Baghdad, where more and more roadside bombs were exploding now that the surge was under way, killing soldiers, taking off arms, taking off legs, causing concussions, exploding ear drums, leaving some soldiers angry and others vomiting and others in sudden tears.

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