Nausea or Vomiting

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Seizure attack

• Jaundice

• Edema

• Recent weight loss

• Unexplained weight loss of 5% or more in 1 month

• Vomiting of blood

• Melena (black stools)

• Diabetes mellitus (DM)

  A disease where blood sugar levels are abnormally high, due to problems with insulin production or resistance. There are often no symptoms until the condition has worsened, hence regular screening is important.

• Helicobacter pylori infection

  Helicobacter pylori or H. pylori, is a bacteria that is commonly found in the stomach of approximately half the world's population.The vast majority of people have no symptoms. However, H. pylori is capable of causing a number of digestive problems, including ulcers and, rarely, stomach cancer. H. pylori bacteria may spread through direct contact with saliva, vomit, feces or contaminated food or water.

• Migraine

  A type of headache that usually presents as throbbing, pulsating pain on one side of the head, sometimes with associated nausea or sensitivity to light and sound. Sometimes, sensory disturbances, such as vision changes (seeing flashing lights or zigzag lines), can occur before the headache. The pain may worsen on exposure to bright lights or wild noise. Triggers for migraine include stress, poor sleep, caffeine, and hormonal changes in women.

• Drug-induced nausea and vomiting
• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Gastritis
• Bacterial gastroenteritis

• Uremia / chronic renal failure

  Severe decrease in kidney function. There are many causes of this, from repeated damage due to infections, diabetes, high blood pressure to autoimmunity (body's immune system attacking itself).

• Heatstroke
• Tuberculosis (TB) (including scrofuloderma)