Nausea and Vomiting

Nausea is uncomfortable feeling in the stomach that usually precedes vomiting, but it can also occur alone. Nausea and vomiting has number of causes. The mere sight or smell of something unpleasant, or a food you dislike, may trigger nausea. Anxiety and motion sickness are also common causes. Vomiting is often due to gastroenteritis (an infection), food poisoning, or excess alcohol. Morning sickness is common in early pregnancy, and migraine sufferers may vomit during attacks. Nausea and vomiting are usually short-lived, but repeated vomiting may lead to dehydration.

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Home Remedies

• Don’t eat for a day. Drink 1 cup of sweet fresh pineapple juice with a pinch
     of ginger, a pinch of black pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon organic sugar, thrice
     a day.

• Add 10 drops of lime juice, 1/2 teaspoon sugar in 1 cup of water and just
     before drinking add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.

• Chew 1 or 2 cardamom seeds.

• Drink a clove or ginger tea to ease the symptoms.

• Mix equal parts of lemon juice and honey. Dip index finger into the
     mixture and lick it slowly.

• Take 1 teaspoon fresh ginger juice with 1 teaspoon onion juice.

• Take 1/2 teaspoon honey and 2 pinches of cardamom into half a cup of
     plain yogurt.

For nausea in children:

• Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice to a cup of coconut water, and make a child to
     sip this solution every 15 minutes.

Do’s

• Open a window or step outside for a few minutes to get some fresh air, if
      feeling nausea.

• Try fasting for a day; do not take any solid food Fasting gives a healing
     rest to digestive system.

• If wanted to eat, eat small meals slowly. Start with bland foods such as
     boiled rice, soup.

• Drink at least 8 glasses of clear fluids, such as water or apple juice daily.

• Try to rest after meals; sit in a chair or propped up in bed.

Don’ts

• Avoid spicy and oily foods and very hot or very cold foods and drinks.

• Avoid strong odors such as perfumes.

• Avoid drinks that can irritate the stomach, such as alcohol, coffee, and
     cola.

See Doctor                                    

• Vomiting doesn’t subside within 24 hours.

• Develop any other symptoms.

See doctor immediately if :

• Blood in the vomit.

• Severe headache or stiff neck.

• Severe abdominal pain.