Nausea is the tendency for vomiting. Vomiting is the violent expulsion of gastric contents (ie anything contained in the stomach, such as food and gastric juices) from the mouth. These two symptoms may coexist, but sometimes nausea does not lead to vomiting and other times nausea does not precede vomiting.
Contact your gastroenterologist if nausea and vomiting last more than a day or if you have severe symptoms. You should also call your gastroenterologist if:
Do you have chest or abdominal pain?
Vomit with blood, clots or brown impurities
Make black stools like tar (black)
Have a high fever (38 ° C) >
You feel severe headache or stiff neck
You feel very tired or can not get out of bed
You show signs of dehydration (this means that your body has lost too much water)
Dehydration points include:
Feeling of intense tiredness, intense thirst and dry mouth (dry tongue), Muscle cramps, Dizziness, Confusion, Dark yellow urine, or no urination for more than 5 hours
The 8 main causes of nausea and vomiting include:
Food poisoning, ie when we consume spoiled food or after its expiration date. It is essentially an infection of the stomach by various germs and toxins (germ products). In this case diarrhea may coexist.
Dizziness and instability when, for example, you are in a boat, a car, or something else that is moving. The dizziness may be due to a condition of the inside of the ears (labyrinth) that regulates your balance.
Medications, such as antidepressants, antibiotics, vitamins, contraceptives, analgesics, or chemotherapy drugs for cancer.
Pregnancy (mainly morning sickness or vomiting) Gastroesophageal reflux (see related article at peptiko.gr)
Stomach or intestinal disorders that either affect the motility of the digestive tract or impede the passage of food along the digestive tract. In both cases there is a stoppage of food at some point in the gastrointestinal tract. If the problem is located in the stomach the condition is called gastroparesis, while if the problem is located in the intestine the condition is called ileus (obstructive or paralytic). Gastroparesis is a common complication of diabetes mellitus (diabetic gastroparesis).
Migraines
Alcohol
If the vomiting lasts for more than a day, you should be examined by a gastroenterologist to find the cause of your symptoms. In general, the gastroenterologist will prescribe:
Intravenous fluids to correct dehydration, Antiemetics
Your gastroenterologist may recommend special tests to look for the causes of nausea or vomiting, such as a radiological and endoscopic examination (gastroscopy and colonoscopy or colonoscopy).
