Can’t keep water down!! Any hints

[Bellyblueboy]

i have been struck down with a horrible vomiting bug. I have a very sore head and a very sore ear (just one) and my stomach really hurts. I am really really thirsty but I vomit up any water I drink. I have been sucking icecubes but even that comes back up with bile (sorry 🤢)

my head is throbbing but I can’t keep painkillers down and I’m not sure if any are being absorbed at all so I don’t want to keep taking more.

any mumsnetters know any hacks? I know I am being a drama queen but I do feel really miserable but it’s the thirst that is the worst. My lips are already cracking.

Feeling a bit better thanks. Ear still very sore but the vomiting has stopped. Managed to get some sleep so might try to go to the chemist later and se of they can give me anything for the earache.

haven’t eaten anything but found watered down juice easier on my stomach.

thank you all

The standard home-made rehydration solution is a pint of boiled and cooled water, a teaspoonful of glucose (or sugar), a pinch of salt and the juice of an orange (an easy peeler will do, it's for the potassium). Good for anyone who needs to get liquid back into their system after illness, exertion or over-heating.

That and flat 7-up, well known in Ireland to cure pretty much anything.

Hey op glad you're feeling better today.

Theres no prizes for powering through when you get ill so feel as sorry for yourself as you'd like to. ❤️