Nausea and Vomiting

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Call your Health Care Provider if

Call your health care provider if the person:

• Vomits longer than 24 hours
• Has signs of dehydration
• Has blood or bile in the vomit
• Has severe abdominal pain

Signs of dehydration include:

• Increased thirst
• Infrequent urination or dark yellow urine
• Dry mouth
• Eyes that appear sunken
• Crying without tears
• Loss of normal skin elasticity (if you touch or squeeze the skin, it doesn't bounce back the way it usually does)

You should also call if:

• Headache and stiff neck are also present
• A young child is lethargic or has marked irritability
• An infant is vomiting repeatedly
• A child is unable to retain any fluids for 8 hours or more
• The vomiting is recurrent
• An adult is unable to retain any fluids for 12 hours or more
• Nausea persists for a prolonged period of time (in a person who is not pregnant)