Possible causes of Vomiting
44 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Bowel obstruction (intestinal blockage) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Cholelithiasis (gallstones) Common
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA, a complication of poorly controlled diabetes) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestinal lining) Common Pediatric
- Migraine Common Pediatric
- Pancreatitis (pancreas inflammation) Common Urgent
- Acidosis (abnormal blood chemistry) Urgent
- Alcoholism
- Anxiety disorder
- Appendicitis Urgent
- Bacterial overgrowth of small intestine
- Carbon monoxide poisoning Urgent
- Cholangitis (infected bile ducts) Urgent
- Cholecystitis (infected gallbladder) Urgent
- Crohn's disease (regional enteritis, Crohn's colitis, intestinal inflammation) Urgent
- Drug reaction
- Endometriosis (uterine tissue outside the uterus)
- Esophageal foreign body
- Esophagitis (esophageal inflammation)
- Food poisoning
- Gastritis (stomach inflammation)
- Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal bleeding (intestinal bleeding) Urgent
- Head injury Urgent
- Hepatic encephalopathy (liver failure confusion) Urgent
- Hyperemesis gravidarum (severe vomiting in pregnancy)
- Influenza (seasonal flu)
- Labyrinthitis (dizziness and vertigo) Pediatric
- Medication reaction Urgent
- Myocardial infarction (heart attack) Urgent
- Nephrolithiasis (kidney stone)
- Norwalk virus
- Parasite infections Urgent
- Pharyngitis (throat infection)
- Polyphagia (overeating)
- Post concussive syndrome (post head injury)
- Prescription drug abuse
- Pyelonephritis (kidney infection) Urgent
- Renal failure, chronic (kidney failure)
- Tonsillitis (tonsil infection)
- Ulcerative colitis (large intestine inflammation)
- Urinary tract infection (UTI)
- Vertigo (spinning sensation)
- Viral infections