Constant nausea and retching

The stomach is actually a fragile digestive organ in our gastrointestinal system. If you do not pay attention to protecting your stomach, it is easy for the stomach to catch a cold or develop stomach problems. The most obvious symptom of a cold stomach is vomiting. If a person has nausea and retching, it will seriously affect his normal eating and make his head ache. So how can we relieve nausea and retching?

1. How to relieve retching and vomiting

1.1. Fast and stop drinking water for several hours to allow the stomach to rest.

1.2. Try drinking ice cubes or sipping light tea, clear soup, or diluted sports drinks in small amounts and multiple times to prevent dehydration.

1.3. Start trying low-fiber foods, such as soda crackers, jelly, white steamed buns, steamed eggs, rice, etc. If vomiting occurs again, fasting is required again.

2. What causes dry heaving and vomiting?

2.1 Pregnancy

If a female friend has stomach discomfort and wants to vomit, after ruling out the possibility of improper diet or stomach disease, she needs to confirm whether she is pregnant. Some women will experience stomach discomfort in the early stages of pregnancy, accompanied by vomiting symptoms.

2.2. Eating unclean food

Once the food is unclean and contains germs, it is likely to cause stomach discomfort, leading to nausea and vomiting, and may also cause diarrhea. If the food you eat is unclean, you can take some medicine that helps digestion, drink more boiled water, and expel the germs as soon as possible.

2.3. Stomach Inflammation

Stomach inflammation is caused by eating too much raw, cold, or sour, spicy and pungent food. Eat light food and less pungent food. Another method is to try cupping, which can expel the toxins through the skin. Cupping does not harm the body and is better than taking medicine.

3. What are the dangers of dry heaving and vomiting?

3.1 Acute gastroenteritis

Vomiting accompanied by dizziness, tremors, and imbalance is common in vestibular organ diseases, such as inner ear vertigo and cerebral ischemia. Nausea and vomiting, accompanied by severe eye pain, headache, significant redness and congestion of the eyes, and dilated pupils, should alert you to glaucoma. Nausea and vomiting occur after eating, and are often accompanied by abdominal pain and diarrhea. This is common in acute gastroenteritis, acute appendicitis, acute bacillary dysentery and amoebic dysentery.

3.2 Acute gastric dilatation

Acute gastric dilatation is when food accumulates and cannot be excreted. It often occurs in patients after surgery or as a result of overeating.

Vomitus with a sour and foul smell and containing food from the previous day is seen in pyloric obstruction. Vomiting without sour taste after eating is mostly caused by esophageal obstruction. The vomitus is yellow-green bile, which may be due to duodenal obstruction.