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Cancer Treatment: Symptoms Diary for Nausea and Vomiting

Topic Overview

To help you and your health care team deal with any nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, you may want to keep track of how you feel. It may help to keep a written record of how you are feeling each day. Use a printout of this chart or make your own.

Today's date

  
Any nausea today? How long did it last?  
How would you rate the nausea: mild, moderate, or severe?  
How many episodes of vomiting?  
Other side effects of treatment? (diarrhea, constipation, dry mouth, fatigue, other)  
List medicines, vitamins, or herbal therapies you took to treat or prevent your nausea and vomiting today.  

Credits

By Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Brian Leber, MDCM, FRCPC - Hematology
Last Revised December 17, 2010

Last Revised: December 17, 2010

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Brian Leber, MDCM, FRCPC - Hematology

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