To go to A & E for this

[Kiwidenter]

So I posted on the 28th of August to see DP could be having an allergic reaction or a bug. We thought it was a bug but I don't think it was as me or DS didn't get it. On Friday last week DP started vomiting again and feeling really sick same on sat.

I don't think this was a bug either as me or son haven't got it.

Partner still doesn't feel good and he can't eat because if he eats he vomits even if it's toast. He can still drink though.

He can't go to college either. This morning he called GP and was on a wait for a call back and they said they don't have any appointments until the end of the month.

Would he bu to go to A & E. Does any of you know what it could be? Or experienced this?

And when we finally get an appointment there's no one in the waiting room. Like when I had to take son for an emergency appointment they said they didn't have any normal appointments but when we went into the waiting room no one was in there except us.

You can get a call from a dr though if needed, not just the receptionist, that is odd!

And when we finally get an appointment there's no one in the waiting room.

I don’t understand. Appointment where?

I thought he was waiting for a call back? Now you are in the empty waiting room

He is waiting for a call back but that was an example that when we go to GP there's no one in the waiting room

@Kiwidenter get your partner to write down a timeline of when his problems started, what the issues are (sickness/headaches ect) and how he is now. Also tell them he called NHS 111 and they said he needs to be seen by his doctor within 24 hours as I’m sure that’s what they’ll have said when he spoke to them yesterday.

Or if he can’t advocate for himself, can you/a relative speak to the doctor on his behalf?

A call back from a GP isn't much use to him is it?
Let us know what they say.

Any joy yet OP?

The walk in centre near (ish) to me is great, but I know they're not all

Do you honestly think that if there is no one in the waiting room, the GP is sitting twiddling their thumbs? Do you think they could possibly be doing home visits, issuing prescriptions, writing referrals, going through blood and radiology results, reading hospital letters?

A call back from a GP isn't much use to him is it?

Why wouldn't it be?

@timshelthechoice Because he needs a urine test, an abdominal examination, possibly some anti-sickness and potentially IV fluids at this point............

IV fluids?

Yesterday afternoon OP said he wasn't being sick anymore and in the OP she said he was drinking fine.

Why on earth would someone need IV fluids in that situation? He is hydrated and he isn't being sick.

Massive over reactions all over this thread.

By now OP I'd have just walked over to a&e and say you've tried your hardest to avoid it but youve been left with no other option.they can then report that back to his GP surgery. I'd be complaining to whoever is above your GP surgery (local NHS trust?I dont know!) About the state of the surgery if he still cant get an emergency appointment after trying twice with these symptoms
He could have something seriously wrong.

All the normal fluids he's been having should cover that!

Surely the call back from the GP will cover whether anything else is needed and he'll go somewhere to be examined if it is?

When you're not eating your electrolytes can become fucked up, even if you're still keeping water down.

Warship A&E for feeling sick? That will be all kinds of a long wait, or it would here anyway.

A walk in centre would be better.

I agree that the GP's surgery have not covered themselves in glory...

If I can drink my electrolytes have always been fine and I've had to go ages without eating. Actually my electrolytes have been fine whatever. Intellectually I know they're real but I think I secretly put them in the same category as "friendly bacteria"

I've been given IV fluids after just a few hours of severe vomiting!

A friend of mine was admitted overnight just a couple of nights ago for severe vomiting. He was given 3 anti-sickness injections and an endoscopy. He has an ulcer though, so they were afraid of it rupturing. Turned out to be just severe gastritis. He's good now and back at work.

By now OP I'd have just walked over to a&e and say you've tried your hardest to avoid it but youve been left with no other option.

Erm, there are other options. OP just downer want to pursue them.

I've been given IV fluids after just a few hours of severe vomiting!

OP said yesterday he wasn't even being sick anymore. A drip is a huge over reaction.

Yes, your friend was admitted because he has stomach ulcers, 1Fine. I got admitted once because I was severely vomiting, started to vomit blood and was 20 weeks pregnant.

A normal, healthy man who has a bug doesn't need to be admitted to a hospital and if the GP speaks with him, he/she can decide what further action needs to be taken so it's a perfectly acceptable option and hence, why 111 told him to speak with a doctor.

Massive overreaction. He needs to see a GP, but A&E, c'mon.

People on MN act like being sick is unusual and needs treated with a hospital stay and fluid drip every time. In an normal healthy man a few days of being sick really isn't anything out of the ordinary. Yes it's possible it may be something else, but it's not an A&E, drip and worry situation right now.

@joblotbubble op’s partner is late teens. He might be keeping fluids down but I’d sick every time he eats.

*is sick

OP said yesterday afternoon he had stopped being sick.