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Nausea & Vomiting:
Cause and Effect
What Causes Nausea and Vomiting?
Nausea and vomiting can be caused
by a lot of things, including:
- an infection or virus
- eating food that is hard to digest
- anxiety
- motion sickness
- medications
- pregnancy
Nausea and vomiting can also be caused by cancer itself
(especially cancers of the stomach, liver, and colon),
or by radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy.
Serious cases of nausea and vomiting can
lead to the following medical problems (each of which
can result in hospitalization):
- dehydration
(loss of body fluids and nutrients)
- loss of sodium and other electrolytes
- reduced ability to think clearly
- weight loss
- scratches or cuts in the throat (esophagus)
- fractures
- slow healing of wounds
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