Quick Tip: Nausea and Vomiting

Quick Tip: Nausea and Vomiting

Nausea and Vomiting are reactions the body has, due to the presence of some illness in your body

Nausea can be acute and short-lived or can be prolonged

Causes of Nausea and Vomiting:

• Food poisoning
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Motion or Sea sickness
• Infection
• Cold
• Stomach Flu
• Cancer therapy
• Morning sickness (pregnancy)
• Over eating
• Food intolerance
• Stress
• Gastroesphagea reflux disease
• Trauma (brain or body)

Symptom Relief:

• Eat or Drink something
• Breathe (fresh air)
• Review medication (if applicable)
• Throw up (get it out)

Treatments:

Natural:

• Ginger root capsules
• Fresh ginger
• Non-carbonated syrup
• Ginger ale
• Hot Tea - peppermint or chamomile
• Rice water
• Laxative (remove the bug)
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin seeds

Traditional:

• Pepto-Bismol                                                 
• Emtrol
• Dimehydrinate (Dramamine)
• Meclizine hydrchloride (Bonine)
  
  

See your doctor if Nausea persists for more than two days or frequently recurs or if you are pregnant and nausea is so severe that you can not eat or drink.

Live well

Doc V