DD 17months has had vomiting and diarrhoea for four days and is refusing liquids

[slowgo]

GP and NHS 111 being useless. Keep telling me to give her oral rehydration sachets and water but dd does not want any of it. All she will have occasionally is a tiny bit of juice, but the last 24 hours where she has done 3 big wet diarroheas and 2 huge vomits, she has drunk no liquid. She's tired and just lying on me and then asking for food. But when I give her food she vomits again.

It's a stomach virus, because we have all had it. Pretty nasty for 24 hours or so, but why is it going on so long with her?

[dementedpixie]

Ice lollies? Drinks with ice cubes in (for novelty) ?

[InternationalHouseofToast]

Will she drink if you stick her in the bath with a cup "to play with"? Or could you get some melon or cucumber and see if she can suck them rather than eat the flesh, if she'd bring it back up?

[P1nkP0ppy]

Have you tried cola? Sometimes fizzy drinks will stay down and full fat coca cola is full of electrolytes etc.
Grated/stewed Apple is sometimes helpful too.

[UptownFunk00]

How much urine is she producing and how dark is it/strong smelling is it?

To be honest I'd probably go to A&E as similar happened to my daughter at that age and she was nearly admitted for dehydration.

[Notso]

If she is good taking medicine then use a calpol syringe to give her drink as 'medicine' every five or ten mins. I learned this trick from Children's Ward.

[TinyTear]

calpol syringe with water is what I do with mine...

[summerdreams]

I took my son to a&e for similar they did a fluid challenge which is syringe 5mls of any liquid into him for an hour of they get more then half and do a wee he could go home if not they need Iv rehydration. I hope your dds ok. Oh and they say less then half of usual amount of liquids in 24 hours equals dehydration.