Throwing Up Again After Being Fine All Night

If you experience diarrhea and/or vomiting, you may wish to become Nurse Advice by Phone.

On this page:

• Causes
• Symptoms
• Transmission
• Cocky-care for adults
• If you are ill in a Residence Hall
• When to telephone call for medical communication
• Prevention
• More than information

Causes:

• Bacteria, parasites, viruses (including norovirus)
• Food poisoning due east.g. from food that has been improperly stored
• Consumption of irritating food, drink or medication
• Pregnancy
• Overeating or overdrinking (especially booze)
• Stress and anxiety
• Taking antibiotics recently

Symptoms:

Symptoms may include intestinal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. People may experience very ill and vomit many times a day. Well-nigh people improve within three days. Nevertheless, sometimes people become dehydrated and need medical treatment. Dehydration is the about serious complication. See too When to Phone call for Medical Advice.

Transmission:

Norovirus, a common cause of infectious outbreaks, can hands spread from person to person. People are contagious from the moment they brainstorm to feel ill until at least three days later recovery. Good hygiene is disquisitional to break the concatenation of manual (see Prevention).

Specific means of transmission are:

• Having shut contact with another person who is infected, for instance by providing health care or sharing food or utensils
• Touching contaminated objects then touching your oral fissure
• Consuming contaminated nutrient or drinks

Self-care for adults:

For vomiting, follow these instructions in order:

1. Do not eat or potable annihilation for several hours after airsickness.
2. Sip small amounts of water or suck ice chips every 15 minutes for 3-four hours.
3. Next, sip clear liquids every 15 minutes for 3-4 hours. Examples include h2o, sports drinks, flat soda, articulate broth, gelatin, flavored ice, popsicles or apple juice. Do not drink citrus juices or milk. Increase fluids as tolerated.
4. When y'all can tolerate articulate liquids for several hours without vomiting and if you're hungry, endeavor eating small amounts of bland foods. Try foods such asbananas,rice,applesauce, dry out toast, soda crackers (these foods are calledDeviling diet). For 24-48 hours after the last episode of airsickness, avoid foods that can irritate or may exist difficult to digest such alcohol, caffeine, fats/oils, spicy food, milk or cheese.
5. When you can tolerate bland food, y'all can resume your normal nutrition.

Retake medicationsif vomiting occurs within thirty minutes of taking usual medication. If you vomited after taking oral contraceptive pills, use a dorsum-up contraception method for the residual of the month.

If diarrhea is the only symptom, endeavor Imodium, a non-prescription (over-the-counter) medication available at the UHS Chemist's shop according to package directions. Follow a bland diet (come across 4 above). After the passage of a soft, formed stool, you can resume a normal nutrition. Call for medical advice if yous have no improvement within 48 hours subsequently starting Imodium.

If you are sick in a Residence Hall:

You can inquire a friend to brand arrangements to bring you lot nutrient from the dining room. See information most Feel Better Meals.

If you have questions or concerns nigh your food intake, you may call the Dining Services dietician at 734-647-2614 or send email to eatsmart@umich.edu.

Notify your Housing director and let your parent/due south know if you lot are ill. If yous demand assistance, contact the staff at your Community Center.

If you are sick and work in food service, you should contact your supervisor.

When to telephone call for medical communication:

Call for medical intendance if you lot:

• Can't keep down liquids or food for more 24 hours
• Have fever (101º F or 38.3º C or higher) with abdominal pain (may include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea)
• Accept diarrhea for more than 3 days or without gradual improvement over 5 days
• Accept signs of aridity, for instance, lightheadedness, decreased urination (no urination at least every 8 hours) or astringent fatigue
• Took antibiotics recently
• Accept encarmine diarrhea
• Accept abdominal pain that is not relieved by vomiting and/or diarrhea (that is, abdominal pain is unrelated to episodes of vomiting or diarrhea)
• Have insulin-dependent diabetesand experience vomiting, diarrhea or nausea
• Are unable to take medications that you normally take
• Recently traveled to a country that poses a wellness risk

Prevention:

• Wash hands frequently with soap and h2o and wash for at least 15 seconds, specially later on toilet visits and before eating. Hand-washing is more effective than hand sanitizer against norovirus, but do employ alcohol-based sanitizer when hand-washing is not possible (encounter also Wolverines Wash).
• Don't share eating utensils, drinking glasses or bottles, toothbrushes or other personal items.
• Sharing keyboards and other items? Exist sure to launder your hands and make clean surfaces. Using wipes with bleach helps.
• Immediately afterwards an episode of disease, affluent vomit and feces in the toilet and make sure that the surrounding area is clean.
• Before cleaning, put on dispensable gloves if possible.
• Place contaminated waste in a plastic bag, necktie the bag and put it in a trash receptacle.
• Thoroughly clean and disinfect contaminated surfaces including doorknobs and faucets. Make clean beginning, and then spray the area with a disinfectant cleaner (east.g. Lysol) or clean with a wipe that has bleach (see Video for instructions). You can buy cleaning products at a chemist's, grocery store and at U-M retail stores. Be mindful that bleach tin can harm fabrics. Dispose of used cleaning items in the trash.
• Keep soiled habiliment divide from other wear, and wash soiled clothing or linens in hot h2o. Also, use pre-launder cycle if it'southward available.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
• Stay domicile when you are ill and for 48 hours later on the terminal episode.
• Avoid close contact with people who are ill, if possible.

More information:

• Tips for Bookish Success if You are Ill or Injured
• Nurse Advice by Telephone, day and nighttime, may save y'all a trip to UHS or the ER
• How to Become Health Care at UHS - Appointments are required for most medical services, however, options are available for urgent concerns
• U-Thousand faculty and staff may contact the U-Chiliad Occupational Safety and Environmental Health at 734-647-1143.
• Read more about viral gastroenteritis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Source: https://uhs.umich.edu/diarrheavomiting

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