“When My Jaw Starts Watering Out of Nowhere” #why

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]What you got there?

[00:00:04]Oh, no.

[00:00:05]Oh, we're out of time.

[00:00:07]>> Can your body feel like it's turning into a sweaty oven before you vomit? I'm Dr. Samit. Let's look at the facts. See, vomiting, nausea, and your nervous system are all closely linked, and the conductor of this forbidden orchestra is called the nucleus tractus solitarius.

[00:00:22]This gets inputs from various parts of the body, which are particularly important if they are out of tune, like if your stomach is not contracting synchronously, or your inner ear feels that you're moving but your eyes don't see it, like in motion sickness, or you have an intense emotional episode, or your blood detects that there are potentially >> [music] >> things that might make you vomit in it.

[00:00:43]As a response to this, we can feel nauseous, but also have activation of our autonomic nervous system leading to sweating, feeling hot, and hypersalivation of the mouth, but also of the food pipe, letting it know what's up because our stomach contents are [music] about to be. Also has the added benefit of protecting the lining of our esophagus >> [music] >> from stomach acid. If this keeps happening persistently, then definitely speak to your doctor because there could be an underlying cause, and there are medications to help [music] dampen down these responses.