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Risk factors for postoperative nausea and vomiting(PONV) includes past history of PONV and/or motion sickness, non-smoking status, female gender.Certain risk factors are unavoidable, such as those caused by the procedure.Read more on post op nausea and vomiting risk factors.

Vomiting is simply defined as ejecting the content out through the mouth from the stomach. It is a natural mechanism of the body to get rid of irritants or toxins, and it occurs in everyone, right from babies to pregnant ladies and the patients undergoing cancer treatment.

Staphylococcal food poisoning usually presents with vomiting,abdominal pain and diarrhea.Vomiting and diarrhea are the predominant symptoms.This condition is caused by the enterotoxins of staphylococcus aureus.

It's important to take the Ginger at the very beginning of a headache. This will help it act quickly and prevent or lessen the headache. For many years, people have been using Ginger for nausea and vomiting. In fact, studies have shown that Ginger is twice as effective as the popular nausea medicine Dramamine.

What you must know about Ebola? And why?In last few months, the world got frightened with the name, Ebola. Airports, tourist spots got cautious about entry of Ebola to local place. Everywhere foreign people got checked about Ebola. Ebola outbreak started in West Africa.This is not the first outbreak of Ebola, and the virus is also not recognized for first time. But this time in 2014, the outbreak got fatal to many people, and also involved more number of people than all past outbreaks.Countries which reported maximum number of cases are:1)   Guinea2)   Nigeria3)   Liberia4)   Sierra LeoneThere are 5 types of Ebola virus, and their prevalence and severity are different.1)   Zairre Ebola virus : Found in maximum number of cases2)   Sudan Ebola Virus: Second highest prevalence3)   Bundibugyo Ebola virus: found in around 2% cases4)   Reston Ebola Virus5)   Tie forest Ebola virusEcology of Ebola:Fruit Bat is the natural reservoir of Ebola virusDuiker forest antelope and non-human primates also harbor Ebola.From all these animals, Ebola can spread to human.How Ebola gets transmitted to human?·       Infected meat·       Infected fruits·       Contact with infected human / animals·       Contact with infected dead body·       Infected blood / urine / stool·       Unprotected sex with infected personBut, Ebola does not get transmitted through water, food or air.What symptoms infected person show?Symptoms can appear within 2-21 days after infection.·       Fever·       Bleeding from mucus membrane and puncture sites (mucus membrane from nose, gums, gastrointestinal tract, vagina etc.)·       Vomit (sometimes with blood)·   &

When anyone get loose motions and need to go to toilet more than often then this condition is called as diarrhea. Diarrhea can also be followed by symptoms like vomiting, fever, thirst, nausea, dehydration and stomachache. Taking medicines that are available over the counter is time consuming plus unhealthy.

Food poisoning occurs when an individual consumes food that has been contaminated by unwanted pathogens, viruses, bacteria, etc. Symptoms are usually linked to gastroenteritis, stomach ache, vomiting, uneasy bowel movement leading to too much fluid loss, etc. Being linked to food, it is necessary to have a healthy diet to avoid it.

SAEED is 57 years old man, comes from Nigeria. he was diagnosed as Polycystic Kidney Disease. He suffered from vomiting, fatigue and swollen and so on. he came to our hospital on October 14, 2015.

Did you know that West Nile Virus can result in lesions to the part of the eye which gives us our sharp, central vision? With the recently issued mosquito-borne illness advisory, Community Eye Center (CEC) seeks to inform about eye manifestations of the West Nile Virus. Late last week, health the Florida Department of Health Charlotte County issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory. The advisory arose after a recently confirmed human case of West Nile Virus. Often, patients will present no symptoms of the West Nile Virus. But, in about 20% of cases, those infected may develop a fever and other symptoms including headaches, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or rash. In rare cases, West Nile can develop into a potentially life-threatening disease that affects the central nervous system.

Acupressure is a healing technique that assists the body in healing itself rather than, depending on other medications. This technique can be used to treat different conditions like nausea, vomiting, body pain, many other problems. In this article, we will basically focus on the acupressure point that can assist you in healing gas and bloating.