Nausea/Vomiting

Nausea is the feeling of wanting to be sick due to an uneasy feeling in the stomach. This sensation can be triggered by things such as motion sickness, dehydration, or stomach flu.

Vomiting is when your body forces your stomach to bring up its contents, rise through your gullet, and out of your mouth.

Vomiting is usually a response to something harmful reaching the stomach or irritation of the gut. It is usually short-term and will settle down with time. However, vomiting repeatedly can be a sign of an emergency or severe illness, and we advise you to seek immediate medical attention if you are experiencing this.

Heart conditions can also cause nausea. Women say they experience nausea before having a heart attack more often than men.

Heart conditions can also cause vomiting, although this is not a common symptom. This may be due to a possible miscommunication between the gut, the brain, and the heart when experiencing one of these conditions.