4 year old randomly being sick once but he's fine

[samanthajonespr]

Basically what the title suggests, he did it at nursery last week and got sent home. Was fine and happy, I took his temp and kept a close eye on him. Now, a week later, he's been sat on the sofa playing Animal Crossing with his dad and then randomly threw up a bit on himself. No warning, no gagging. He says he's fine, not had anything acidic for tea, he ate hours ago and he's got no existing health issues. It's setting off my parent spidey-sense though. Any advice would be fab.

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Could he be constipated? My son threw up out of the blue a couple of times at around he same age and was completely fine afterwards. It turned out that he was badly constipated and it hasn't happened again since we dealt with that

I would talk to your GP. Sudden emesis can be something simple but it can also have some nastier causes so best to chat through with a professional.

Probably quite a tangential thought but my DD used to do this around the ages of 2-3 and was eventually treated for ear problems. Probably a very sensitive balance issue that went with them. She got travel sick - mostly not actually sick, but quite quickly felt awful travelling in a car. Travelators could do it. Trains were fine though. Lying down also made some hearing interference worse (she described this a few years later when more articulate), and she also used to wake up sometimes which may have been due to that.

Could it be acid reflux?

Twice in a week doesn't seem a huge deal to me?.

Definitely keep an eye though.

He's had a big old dump this afternoon and he goes every day so I'm thinking not constipation although it's a very useful suggestion.

It's just very weird how it comes from nowhere and he has no symptoms. He's done it a few times over the past few months. I'm thinking acid reflux could be a good shout so going to take him to doctors next week. I'm not content to just leave him :(

Thanks everybody for suggestions and advice. Perhaps with the COVID around and my littlest having some health problems (cows milk protein allergy mainly) I'm being a little bit jumpy

Has he been really snotty (hayfever maybe)? Could have been a bit of phlegm dropping & setting off the gag reflex?

My first thought was also reflux.

My first thought was also reflux.

My kid used to do this. She's growing out of it abit now.

Examples
Went to watch fireworks. Came home puked on kitchen floor.

Drank a milkshake too fast
Puked once

Drank squash then puked once

Went to the park. Got home. Watched Tele. Puked once.

She sometimes just had a little puke.

She's also travel sick alot.

It could be screens, heat, over excited, abit anxious etc

I really don't want to worry you but this is how my DS first presented with a brain tumour when he was 8. He would vomit randomly, with no sign of him being ill, and he would then then ask for a packet of crisps or a sandwich.

It took another couple of months before his other symptoms developed further enough for him to be diagnosed.

If it is a brain tumour then the random vomiting comes very early. Clumsiness and lack of balance comes first. It is very subtle, particularly with young children, which you might not notice. My boy could trip over a pin on the floor where previously he had no issues.

The next and most serious stage is a waking headache. If your DC wakes up with a headache please seek medical advice. Paediatric brain tumours are the biggest killers of children, so please research the symptoms.

My boy is now 33, fit and well. He was treated well and early. I hope your boy receives the same x