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Samantha Wallie, Walsall

By Dan Rutherford, Sara Stanner, Tony Gallagher

4:42PM BST 05 Jun 2012

Q I have always enjoyed a healthy appetite, and am a food lover.

Over recent weeks, however, I have found myself feeling nauseous whenever I think about food. The smell, too, makes me fear that I am going to vomit. I have recently started taking the pill – could that be related?

Samantha Wallie, Walsall

A DAN RUTHERFORD WRITES:

From a GP’s perspective, the full list of possible causes of nausea would look like the index to a medical textbook. Clues to its cause depend to a large extent on other symptoms like headaches or migraines, head movements, motion sickness or inner ear problems, fever or jaundice, infections, hepatitis, and abdominal pains such as stomach ulcers or gallstones. Nausea that persists for more than a week without any obvious cause is worthy of the advice of a doctor, and you should have this checked up.

Although the pill is well tolerated, nausea is one of the commonest side effects of those that do occur. Many such side effects disappear after the first two or three months, so you may wish to wait and see if you are still within that time frame. There are differences between the many pill brands in their hormone contents and dosages, so a switch is worth trying if the problem persists. No one pill is less likely to cause nausea, but the lowest-dose pills would certainly be the first alternative to consider.

A SARA STANNER WRITES

As any pregnant woman will tell you, hormones can strongly influence your sense of taste and smell. Some women can be left unable to eat foods they once enjoyed, or craving specific tastes. Similarly, the hormones in some contraceptive pills can cause nausea and loss of appetite, which might cause a change to your diet that results in weight loss. However, the effects vary. Believe it or not, some women report the opposite when they start taking the pill, and worry about gaining weight as a result of their increased appetite.

You might reduce the chances of nausea by administering the pill at night rather than in the morning, and taking it with food or milk instead of on an empty stomach. Certain foods and drinks may also help. Ginger, for example, is known to settle the stomach, so if feeling nauseous you could try ginger biscuits, gingerbread, ginger ale or ginger tea. Peppermint or camomile tea can be very helpful as well.


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