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Yellow vomit is a symptom in which the material a person vomits (throws up) has a yellow color. The color can be from things the person ate or drank, and also from the digestive juices made by the stomach.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

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