Vomiting and Nausea

Vomiting (being sick) and nausea (feeling sick) are symptoms that can occur together or separately. There are many possible causes such as:

side effects of treatment for a medical condition.
physical reasons.
emotional reasons.

There are many different drugs and coping strategies available to help control these symptoms and your GP or healthcare team will be able to provide appropriate treatment depending on the cause of your sickness.

There are also some ways that you can alleviate the symptoms yourself:

eat little and often.
sip drinks slowly.
avoid fried foods or foods with a strong smell.
relaxation.

Contacts

Cancer Research UK	P.O. Box 123 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PX 0207 242 0200	Sickness and cancer drugs
Macmillan Cancer Support	89 Albert Embankment London, SE1 7UQ 0207 840 7840 (office) 0808 808 0000 (Help line)	Controlling nausea and vomiting

Review date: October 2012

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