Symptom or sign associated with nausea | Most probable diagnoses | Consider in differential diagnosis |
---|---|---|
Headache | Migraine | Cerebrovascular disorders, meningitis, encephalitis |
Rotatory vertigo | Benign positional vertigo Vestibular neuronitis Ménière's disease | TIA/intracerebral bleeding |
Fever | (Severe) infection Sepsis | Meningitis |
Diarrhoea | Gastroenteritis Food poisoning | |
Abdominal pain | Peptic ulcer Gastritis | Pancreatitis Myocardial infarction Pneumonia |
Chest pain | Myocardial infarction | Oesophagitis Pneumonia |
Neurological symptoms or signs | Cerebrovascular disorder Increased intracranial pressure for other reasons | |
Recently started or changed medication | Nausea caused by a drug |