Guide To The Symptoms Of Endocarditis

Nausea

An individual affected by a form of endocarditis called subacute endocarditis may experience nausea, a sensation where an individual feels they need to vomit. Vomit is the forceful movement of food from the stomach to the outside of the mouth. Vomiting is a mechanism in the body that attempts to remove the source of toxicity when the levels of toxins in the blood become too high. Endocarditis can cause patients to develop clots of debris in their circulation. These emboli that float around in the bloodstream of an individual with endocarditis eventually make it to the kidneys where impurities are filtered out of the blood. The emboli become lodged in the blood vessels of an affected individual's kidneys, stopping the flow of blood to the kidney tissues. This obstruction of oxygen-rich blood to the kidney tissues causes areas of infarction or cells that shut down due to oxygen deprivation. This causes the kidneys to work poorly and allows toxins to build up in the blood, which is what produces nausea.

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