The medical history will be obtained and a physical examination performed.
Medical history questions documenting your symptom in detail may include:
- Quality
- Are you only nauseated?
- Do you vomit?
- Does the nausea and vomiting occur every day?
- Does it last throughout the day?
- Can you keep down any food or fluid?
- Aggravating factors
- Have you been traveling?
- Has your schedule been disrupted?
- Are you emotionally stressed?
- What foods have you been eating?
- Do you smoke?
- Relieving factors
- What have you done to try to relieve the problem?
- How effective was it?
- Time pattern
- When did this begin?
- How long has it lasted?
- Menstrual history
- Are you known to be pregnant?
- Are you possibly pregnant?
- Are you a female of a menstruating age?
- Are you sexually active?
- Do you use birth control?
- What type?
- Have you missed any birth control pills or not used the birth control method?
- Other
The physical examination may include a pelvic examination and evaluation for signs of dehydration and malnutrition.
Diagnostic tests that may be performed include:
After seeing your health care provider:
You may want to add a note related to morning sickness to your personal medical record.
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