Start slowly by sipping water or sucking on ice chips, then add in more clear liquids like sports drinks or juice. You can make your own rehydration solution using:. Begin with saltine crackers or plain rice or bread. You should also avoid foods that are difficult to digest, like:. After you vomit, you should rinse your mouth with cool water to remove any stomach acid that could damage your teeth.
Vomiting is a common symptom of many conditions. Most often, vomiting in both adults and babies is a result of an infection called gastroenteritis, indigestion, or food poisoning.
However, there can be several other causes. Vomiting can be concerning if a person shows signs of severe dehydration, or it accompanies chest pain, sudden and severe abdominal pain, a high fever, or a stiff neck. The force and acids that pass through your throat while vomiting can cause a sore throat — plus more severe damage.
Although nausea and stomach pain are common, having both can help you narrow down what might be causing your symptoms. Some are medical emergencies. Nausea in the morning isn't just for pregnant people. Vomiting with watery diarrhea is the most common cause of dehydration. Dehydration is a reason to see a doctor right away. Your child may have dehydration if not drinking much fluid and: The urine is dark yellow and has not passed any in over 8 hours.
Inside of the mouth and tongue are very dry. No tears if your child cries. Slow blood refill test: longer than 2 seconds. First, press on the thumbnail and make it pale. Then let go.
Count the seconds it takes for the nail to turn pink again. Ask your doctor to teach you how to do this test. A child with severe dehydration becomes too weak to stand. They can also be very dizzy when trying to stand.
No urine in more than 8 hours, dark urine, very dry mouth and no tears. Stomach pain when not vomiting. Exception: stomach pain or crying just before vomiting is quite common. Severe headache Diabetes suspected drinking lots, frequent urine, weight loss Kidney infection suspected side or back pain, fever, painful to pass urine Age less than 12 weeks old with vomiting 2 or more times.
Exception: normal spitting up. Severe vomiting vomits everything more than 8 hours while getting clear fluids High-risk child such as diabetes, stomach or head injury Weak immune system. Examples are: sickle cell disease, HIV, cancer, organ transplant, taking oral steroids. Caution: do NOT give your baby any fever medicine before being seen. Bellevue Everett Federal Way Seattle. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services.
However, if the vomiting fails to improve or resolve, you may need to seek medical help, as it could be a sign of other issues. This is especially true for the very young, the elderly, or those with severe underlying health conditions, Dr. Lee says. This is an emergency and you need to call an ambulance. Raised pressure in the brain - meningitis , brain tumours and head injuries can increase pressure in the brain, which can cause nausea and vomiting. Ring to call for an ambulance if you suspect your child has meningitis.
Liver disease - for example, hepatitis A , hepatitis B , liver cirrhosis. There will be other symptoms, including yellowing of the skin and of the whites of the eyes jaundice and, usually, pain over the liver. Kidney problems - for example, chronic kidney disease , which typically causes nausea when severe, and kidney stones which may also cause pain.
They are most commonly due to gastric infection or food poisoning and are self-limiting ie each stops by itself. This sort of nausea and vomiting does not usually need any intervention unless it is very severe, the vomit is unusual for example, bloody or the person affected is a baby or young child and not managing fluids, or if lack of fluid in the body dehydration is a problem.
Persistent nausea and vomiting is that which lasts for 48 hours or more. It can have the same causes as acute nausea and vomiting, but simple infections and food poisoning start to look less likely as time goes on, and other possible causes come to the fore. Some are more serious than others, and many cause other symptoms too. Persistent nausea, which is that experienced in pregnancy, on a long sea voyage, when taking chemotherapy, or due to a chronic medical condition, can be very distressing.
Severe nausea can be exhausting and depressing, and some people think it is worse than vomiting which can feel like a relief to people with persistent nausea. Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings ; Public Health England March Spinks A, Wasiak J ; Scopolamine hyoscine for preventing and treating motion sickness.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Boelig RC et al ;. Interventions for treating hyperemesis gravidarum. Published May My colonoscopy biopsies came back suggesting I have lymphocytic colitis they found a mild increase of lymphocytes in my colon I had to read the patho report a few times trying to make sense of Disclaimer: This article is for information only and should not be used for the diagnosis or treatment of medical conditions.
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