Sickness and vomiting
Find out about sickness and vomiting in blood cancer and what causes it.
Sickness and vomiting explained
Feeling and being sick is very common in people with cancer. About half of people with cancer are affected, either because of the cancer itself, or because of their treatment.
Sickness and vomiting causes
Sickness and vomiting can be caused by the blood cancer itself, or as a side effect of treatment for blood cancer. There's more detail about the different causes on this page.
Sickness and vomiting treatment
There are lots of different types of drugs that can help treat sickness and vomiting. You may hear these called anti-emetics, and you can read more about them on this page.
Sickness and vomiting self-help tips
Alongside taking anti-sickness drugs, there are lots of things you can do yourself to lessen the effects of sickness and vomiting. Read our suggestions here.
This information about sickness and vomiting is accredited with the PIF TICK, the UK's only quality mark for trusted health information.
Last reviewed September 2025. Next full review due September 2028. We may make factual updates to the information on these pages between reviews.
We would like to thank Consultant Haematologist Kevin Boyd and Clinical Nurse Specialist Jodie Nightingill for checking the medical content of our sickness and vomiting information.