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Nausea and vomiting history and symptoms
Introduction
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Overview
Overview
History and symptoms
History and symptoms
History
- Onset (acute onset likely in drugs, toxins and infections), duration and frequency
- Long standing history (points to chronic illness)
- Timing of nausea and vomiting after eating (may indicate site of obstruction in gut)
- Associated symptoms (abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea, or headache)
- Content and color of vomitus
- Presence of any blood or coffee ground content in the vomitus
- Projectile vomiting (indicating increased intracranial pressure)
- History of weight loss
- History of recent travel
- History of medication intake
- Symptoms in close contacts or people eating at the same place as the patient
- History of pregnancy
Symptoms
- discomfort in chest, abdomen or throat
- cold sweats
- headache
- sleepiness
- yawning
- loss of appetite
- increased salivation
- tiredness
- fever
- diarrhea
- indigestion
- inability to walk
- weight loss
- dizziness
- vertigo
- anxiety, depression or eating problems
References
References
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