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==History and symptoms== | ==History and symptoms== | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
* Onset, duration and frequency | * Onset (acute onset likely in drugs, toxins and infections), duration and frequency | ||
* | * Long standing history (points to chronic illness) | ||
* | * Timing of nausea and vomiting after eating (may indicate site of obstruction in gut) | ||
* Content of vomitus | * Associated symptoms ([[abdominal pain]], [[fever]], [[diarrhea]], or [[headache]]) | ||
* Presence of any [[blood]] or coffee | * Content and color of vomitus | ||
* Presence of any [[blood]] or coffee ground content in the vomitus | |||
* History of weight loss | |||
*History of weight loss | |||
* History of recent travel | * History of recent travel | ||
* History of | * History of medication intake | ||
* | * Symptoms in close contacts or people eating at the same place as the patient | ||
* History of pregnancy | * History of pregnancy | ||
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Overview
History and symptoms
History
- Onset (acute onset likely in drugs, toxins and infections), duration and frequency
- Long standing history (points to chronic illness)
- Timing of nausea and vomiting after eating (may indicate site of obstruction in gut)
- Associated symptoms (abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea, or headache)
- Content and color of vomitus
- Presence of any blood or coffee ground content in the vomitus
- History of weight loss
- History of recent travel
- History of medication intake
- Symptoms in close contacts or people eating at the same place as the patient
- History of pregnancy