You might feel confused or like your thinking is muddled. You might also pass a lot of urine as your body tries to get rid of the extra calcium. Too much calcium in the blood is called hypercalcaemia. Normally, the body regulates calcium levels very closely. Calcium is important for keeping your bones strong and your nerves working properly. It can also happen because the cancer has upset the body's normal system for controlling calcium levels. This can happen if cancer cells in the bones start to break down the bone cells. Sometimes cancer can make calcium leak into your bloodstream. In this case, anti sickness drugs are the next best choice. Sometimes it isn't possible to treat the cause. For example, if constipation is causing the sickness, then treating the constipation should control the sickness. This is a common cause of feeling sick.Īs with any symptom, the best thing to do is try to treat the cause. This is called raised intracranial pressure (raised ICP).Ĭancer that grows in the digestive system (for example, in your bowel or stomach) can stop food from passing through.
Raised pressure from a brain tumourĪ brain tumour or a cancer that has spread to your brain (secondary brain tumour) can cause increased pressure in the head.Īs the skull is made of bone, there is a fixed amount of space for the brain. The growing tumour increases the pressure inside this fixed space. Cancers that stop your kidneys and liver working properly can make you feel or be sick. Some types of cancer can make chemicals in your body that affect the way your cells work. 'Into these vehicles climbed the sick and elderly' Ī doctor's job is "to make" or "making" sick people betterĪ document to prove your expense or sick leaveĪ few refused to leave those who were sick or were too ill to travelĪ sick little child / a little sick childĪcted out by returning elves who were so on stage and goofy that it made me a little sick to my stomach.īe hopelessly sick with a disease ,and wait for the day to arriveīe wrongly treated, the dog got seriously sick.īecause my children were sick and I was up all night.Cancer itself could cause you to feel or be sick. ( used with a plural v.) sick persons collectively (usually prec.call in sick, to notify one's place of employment by telephone that one will be absent from work because of being ill.įed up: I'm sick and tired of working so hard!.containing harmful microorganisms: a sick field.failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified: a wheat-sick soil.Sickly: a sick pallor the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors. accompanied by or suggestive of sickness.of, pertaining to, or for use during sickness: He applied for sick benefits.dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like.characteristic of a sick mind: sick fancies.mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind wild statements that made him seem sick.deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom: sick at heart to be sick of parties.Sick 1 (sik), USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n. -sick is used to form adjectives with the meanings "sick or ill of or from (the noun of the root)'': car + -sick → carsick (= sick from traveling in a car) air + -sick → airsick (= sick from flying in a plane).Sick 2 /sɪk/ USA pronunciation v., sicked, sick He has a sickness we haven't diagnosed yet. Sick is an adjective, sickly and sickening are adjectives, sickness is a noun, sicken is a verb: He's very sick and can't come to work. the sick, sick people thought of as a group: The sick need emotional and physical care.of or relating to sickness: sick benefits.Psychiatrymentally, morally, or emotionally corrupt: These criminals are sick.annoyed with, disgusted by, or tired of: She's sick and tired of your complaints.deeply feeling some distressing emotion: was sick at heart.Pathology inclined to or ready to vomit: Help him, he's going to be sick all over the carpet.Not well: The sickest patients can't be moved from the hospital. Sick 1 /sɪk/ USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n.
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