Nausea

From Ganfyd

While this may appear to be an indulgence in semantics, confusing the terms nauseated and naseous is bound to upset someone with a pedantic streak. Most patients are nauseated, i.e. they feel sick. To describe them as nauseous means that they make you, or somebody else, feel sick. While this might be true in some cases, it is better, by far, to mean what you say.[1]

Unpleasant sensation associated with the urge to vomit.

Causes

• Drugs and toxins
• Post-operative nausea and vomiting
• Vestibular disorders
• Gastric outflow obstruction
• Bowel obstruction, especially more proximal
• Raised intra-cranial pressure

References