Vomiting, nausea

For vomiting, nausea, see medicine specialists first.

Feeling sick or being sick. Usually from a stomach infection, food poisoning, pregnancy or migraine, and settles in a day or two.

Also searched as: বমি ভাব, বমি বমি লাগে, bomi bhab, bomi bomi lage, bomi hocche

Go to hospital now

  • Blood or coffee-ground-like vomit, or green vomit
  • Sudden severe belly pain or headache, stiff neck, confusion, difficulty waking, or cold clammy skin
  • Unable to drink with very little urine and marked weakness
Call 999

Who to see: Medicine Specialists

A medicine doctor checks the cause and whether you need treatment for dehydration. A paediatrician should assess children; emergency signs need hospital care.

See a doctor today

  • Repeated vomiting, inability to keep fluids down, less urine or persistent dizziness without the emergency signs above
  • Vomiting continuing beyond 2 days, or troublesome vomiting during pregnancy

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Common questions

Which doctor should I see for vomiting, nausea (bomi bhab)?
See medicine specialists first. A medicine doctor checks the cause and whether you need treatment for dehydration. A paediatrician should assess children; emergency signs need hospital care.
When should you go to hospital straight away?
Blood or coffee-ground-like vomit, or green vomit; Sudden severe belly pain or headache, stiff neck, confusion, difficulty waking, or cold clammy skin; Unable to drink with very little urine and marked weakness. Emergency number: 999.
Where can I find medicine specialists?
Most medicine specialists are listed in Dhaka (3,542), Chattogram (1,204), Cumilla (739), Sylhet (478), Mymensingh (457). Pick your district for chamber addresses. DhakaChattogramCumillaSylhetMymensingh

General information only, not a diagnosis. If you are worried, see a doctor.

Sources: nhs.uk