vomiting and tummy pain

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sandy0741

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My son was sick this Saturday and he has vomited more than 5 times, I took him to see a doctor in the morning, but he still vomits, then I took him to see another doctor in the afternoon, later he stops after an hour, yesterday he didn't vomit but wasnt eating much. I gave him some soup ,which he drank just 2 spoons and some bread, I gave him some congee, but he didn't eat, then he asked for milk at night, which I just gave him a less diluted one, now in the morning, he vomits again,what should i do?
should i take him to another doctor?
 
you don't say how old your little one is...but my rule of thumb... if you are asking, "should i take him to the doctor?"
then the answer is usually, YES.

i would probably by-pass the doctor and go to the nearest A&E dept. you may have to wait, but at least you'll be at the hospital...
 
yep, I would have gone straight to the A & E for help. Our son had that too once night and we were at Adventist for over an hour. turned out he had a gastro infection, but the worry is that your child is becoming dehydrated. I think we were prescribed anti-naseau pills. I was just feeding our son whatever he wanted whenever he wanted it. There was no routine and I made sure he had a couple of water bottles throughout our apartment so he could just drink as he played.
 
He is 3 , we did give him a lot of water, I took him to two private doctors already, but he vomit again today in the morning, the doctor we visited said he has indigestion. I did hear the grrrrrrr... sound his tummy made, my helper still gave him the medicine, but now he hasn't vomit, how long will this condition last?
 
Did both doctors say it was indigestion? This sounds really, really strange. I would visit another doctor as this has now gone on for 3 days. What did he vomit up this morning (it seems from your post that he didn't eat anything this morning)? Is he vomiting bile?
 
yes, both said indigestion, in the morning, he just drank milk, than he just vomit what he drank, i m taking him to another doctor if it doesn't work out,if it is indigestion, after so much vomiting,it should have cleared up,but just don't know why it take him so long, he was ok - i mean not vomiting , maybe because of the medicine, yesterday i didn't give him the medicine on vomit as said by the doctor to feed him if necessay , but today he vomit again, I am really worried about him
 
My son had a vomiting episode last year and couldn't keep anything down even water. The doctor thought it was a stomach bug/virus picked up from school. He was prescribed a suppository and a powder mix drink to replenish lost minerals etc and soon stopped throwing up after this. I also limited his fluid intake to a few sips at a time rather than a big drink in one go. He didn't eat anything for a day then I gradually gave him bland foods such as plain rice/bread. Overall his vomiting lasted less than 24 hours.

If your son has been sick for 3 days now and showing signs of dehydration, I would also recommend taking him to the hospital.
 
My 3 year old daughter got gastritis, vomitting and tummy ache, 2 weeks ago and we took her to Canossa outpatient. They gave her meds to stop the vomitting, the doc told us NOT to give her milk, to keep her off oily and hard to digest foods (I gave her plain congee mixed with grated eggwhite) and have lots of fluids (preferably something with electrolytes like gatorade or pocari sweat).
 
Thanks very much for all your response, my son is OK now, I just gave him congee and lots of fluid. He has started drinking milk (less diluted) and is OK, though he is still not eating much, I think it will take some time for him to recover, at least he has stopped vomitting, which really kills me when I saw how uncomfortable he gets.
But I really don't know what causes him so, I think he has picked it up from school, because he just ate the same thing when he gets home.
 
Sounds like possibly rotavirus, for which a vaccination is available. Was it accompanied by diarrhea? My nephews were 3 and 2 when they contracted rotavirus and needed to be hospitalized and feed intravenously to prevent dehydration. It's highly contagious and very dangerous for small children because of dehydration, but most older children will recover without much assistance.

Would agree with AndreaY about avoiding milk, but you can give something like Paediasure, which doesn't have any milk in it. Glad to hear that your son is better now!
 
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