<s>[INST] Hello, My 7-year-old daughter had an upper molar extracted yesterday due to an abscess. She spent the following 24 hours vomiting and refusing to swallow her own saliva. Today she is drinking and even had a little chicken broth. My question is: why does she vomit and not swallow saliva? This is the third time it has happened in the last 12 months. The two previous occasions were connected to a loose milk-tooth where she could taste blood in her mouth - then the vomiting starts and she is truly poorly for 3 or 4 days. The first time, 12 months ago, she had a very traumatic experience with a loose-ish tooth that got knocked almost out. It caused a lot of blood, and of course this all seems to be related to that episode. The second episode was seemingly minor - the tiniest drop of blood. I am interested so that I can help her in the future. Thanks! [/INST] Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor, I truly sympathize with her. She surely has gone through tough times. Let me assure you, there seems to be no problem with her. The vomiting can be secondary to the bad experience she had in the past. The taste of blood itself might be giving her the nauseated feeling every time. She just needs moral support. Also, only other possibility is that she might be having gastritis which might cause that feel. So the remedy for that during next time is, give her an antacid when she has such feeling, she will feel better also Psychologically. I hope this might help, and I wish her good health. Take care. </s>