Symptom Checker

  • When to seek medical advice

  • Seek medical care if your child's nausea or vomiting lasts more than 12 hours or if it's accompanied by:

    • No wet diapers or urine output in eight hours
    • Decreased saliva
    • Diarrhea or bloody stools
    • Dry mouth or crying without tears
    • Unusual sleepiness or drowsiness
    • Unresponsiveness

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Nausea or vomiting

Find possible causes of nausea or vomiting based on specific factors. Check one or more factors on this page that apply to your symptom.

  • Eating certain foods

  • Avoiding certain foods

  • Upright position

  • Abdominal pain

  • Back pain

  • Bloody stools

  • Burns or redness around mouth

  • Constipation

  • Cramping

  • Diarrhea

  • Fever

  • Headache

  • Heartburn

  • Hives or itching

  • Irritability

  • Passing an increased amount of gas

  • Rash

  • Swelling or tingling of lips, face and tongue

  • Weight loss

  • Wet burps or spit up

  • Wheezing or trouble breathing

  • Yellowed skin

 

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