When to Seek Medical Care

See your health care provider if your symptoms are new, long-lasting, or worsening despite self-care.

There is little need to see a medical professional in the following cases:

• If there is an obvious cause for your gastritis symptoms such as taking aspirin on an empty stomach
  
  
• If your symptoms are mild
  
  
• If you are able to take medications to relieve your symptoms
  
  
• If you are better in a short period of time

Seek immediate medical attention if you have any of the following symptoms. Your decision to call 911 or to seek medical care will be based on your judgment of how sick you feel.

• Vomiting that does not allow you to take food, fluids, and medications
  
  
• Fever with abdominal pain
  
  
• Fainting or feeling faint
  
  
• Rapid heartbeat
  
  
• Unexplained sweating
  
  
• Pallor
  
  
• Repeated vomiting of green or yellow material
  
  
• Vomiting any amount of blood
  
  
• Shortness of breath
  
  
• Chest pain

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