Nausea is an unpleasant sensation in the stomach, esophagus and oral cavity. Usually, vomiting occurs soon after nausea. Often a feeling of nausea is accompanied by sweating, weakness and increased salivation. At this point, there is a decrease in blood pressure, the skin turns pale, hands and feet get colder. Nausea can occur at different times of the day and be one of the symptoms of various diseases and conditions.
Morning sickness. The reasons for its occurrence may be different. Women feel sick in the morning during pregnancy. Men - after drinking a large amount of alcohol (alcohol poisoning) the day before . In children, morning sickness may be associated with the presence of worms in the body. In the morning, people who have impaired gastrointestinal function feel sick. This phenomenon occurs mainly in diseases of the stomach. The morning feeling of nausea also bothers with vascular disorders.
Medicinal nausea. The reasons for it speak for themselves. A side effect of many drugs is nausea and dizziness. Almost all chemotherapy drugs that are used in the treatment of cancer have this effect. Contraceptives taken by women often cause nausea .
Evening nausea. The causes of nausea at this time are usually associated with excessive consumption of fatty foods in the afternoon. Usually, people with peptic ulcer disease or gastritis react to this error in nutrition. During pregnancy, it can also vomit in the evening hours. There is a rare form of epilepsy in which nausea attacks occur at night and are accompanied by loss of consciousness.
Motion sickness or "transport nausea . " The reasons for it are easily explained. When traveling in a car, plane or sea transport, special cells of the vestibular apparatus are irritated, which are responsible for the position of the body in space. But not all people react like that. The degree of susceptibility to movement is determined by the innate features of the vestibular apparatus.
Toxic nausea. The reason for this phenomenon lies in the effect on the vomiting center of the brain of various harmful agents that enter the body as a result of poisoning and infections.
A common cause of dizziness and nausea at any time of the day is cerebrovascular disease. Migraine, intracranial hypertension, vegetative-vascular dystonia, arterial hypertension, impaired venous outflow of the brain - this is not the whole list of pathological conditions that are accompanied by headache, dizziness and nausea.
A brain injury complicated by concussion will always manifest itself as nausea, dizziness and headache. But a disease such as meningitis (inflammation of the meninges) is different in that vomiting occurs without previous nausea.
Treatment and help
With regularly disturbing nausea, a causally significant disease is identified and treated. If a feeling of nausea occurs during an acute illness, you can use drugs called "cerucal" and "raglan". Their active substance is metoclopramide. Sulpiride (“eglonil”, “dogmatized”) has a similar effect. But still, Aeron is the preferred drug to stop nausea. You need to take it 1 tablet two or three times a day, slowly dissolving under the tongue. Sometimes nausea disappears after taking Validol or Anestezin in a small dose. Torecan (diethylperazine) and etaperazine have a pronounced effect. They are administered intramuscularly in an amount of 1 to 2 milliliters. All medications are recommended as prescribed by your doctor.