Nausea and Vomiting Flashcards
Acute food poisoning
Struggles to avoid vomiting from fear
Burning pain and very acrid emesis
Becomes too weak to continue vomiting
Thirsty but liquids are vomited immediately
<11am - 3pm, midnight-3am, cold drinks
> warm drinks, stomach ache > milk
Arsenicum
Nausea from central causes (not stomach)
Vertigo with motion sickness, pregnancy
CAR or SEASICKNESS, even watching movie objects
< motion, rising up from bed
> swallowing
Cocculus
Hanging down sensation in the stomach, unrelieved even temporarily by vomiting
Tongue is clean and red, offensive breath
< Hemorrhage, esp. uterine
> nothing gives the slightest relief
Ipecac
Nausea with cramps and painful or ineffectual vomiting
Constipation with nausea
< ANGER, ALCOHOL, morning in bed, tight clothes are unbearable
> Warm drinks, lying
Nux Vomica
N/V with burning in stomach
Craves cold drinks to soothe stomach but vomits as soon as it becomes warm
< Warm drinks, putting hands in warm water
> Cold drinks, lying on right side, sleep
Phosphorus
Horrible nausea with empty sensation in stomach
Nausea from merely the thought of food
excellend remedy for side effects of chemo
< morning, motion, thought of food
> eating, sour food
Vomit - milky white
Sepia
Deathly nausea - patient may appear green or very pale
Weak, sweating, dreads motion
< morning, before breakfast, motion
> open air, uncovering belly, closing eyes
Vomit - yellow, yellow-green
Tabacum
SEVERE, sometimes PROJECTILE often with diarrhea
Cold perspiration on forehead, chills, cold breath
< vertigo, after sleep, dysmenorrhea, preg., drinking
Veratrum
Eating provokes coughing which terminates in retching or vomiting
Difficult vomiting - patient works hard to produce emesis
weakness, faintness, coldness following vomiting
< Eating, fruit, soup, drinking, constipation, elderly
> lying on R side
Antimonium - Tart
