• Describe your nausea and vomiting:
  • When did it start?
  • How many times have you vomited?
  • When did you last vomit?
  • What does the vomit look like (blood, coffee grounds, bile, mucus, undigested food)?
• What prescription and nonprescription medicines are you taking?
  • Are you taking any new prescription or nonprescription medicines?
  • Have you recently increased the dose of a medicine?
  • Are you taking a medicine more frequently?
• Have you recently been exposed to someone with a similar illness?
• Did your symptoms start after eating at a restaurant? Has anyone else who ate there with you become ill?
• Have you recently eaten raw or undercooked seafood?
• Do you think you have eaten any contaminated food?
• Have you recently drunk any untreated lake, stream, or well water?
• Have you recently gone on a cruise or traveled outside the country?
• Have you had any known exposure to toxic materials, chemicals, or fumes?
• Do you think that your vomiting is caused by alcohol or drug use?
• What home treatment measures have you tried? How well have they worked?
• Do you have any other symptoms, such as diarrhea, fever, headache, urinary problems, or belly pain?
• Do you ever force yourself to vomit?
• Have you ever been diagnosed with an eating disorder, such as anorexia or bulimia?
• Does anyone else in your family have problems with vomiting?
• Do you have any health risks?

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