Vomiting for 6 days, every afternoon, fine in the mornings! What now?

[cluckyagain]

Hi

Wise mumsnetters.....just after a steer really as I;m baffled. Pretty sure it;s a virus but dd (almost 4) has vomited following sore tummy every day but one for the last 6 afternoons, then flushed and not well until bed. She then sleeps through and is seriously fine every morning - running about, stroppy, eating breakfast, arguing with ds and dd1....entirely normal! Has lunch, then half an hour later...... Obviously I;m keeping her away from nursery, but should I think about calling the drs? Don;t want to take her in as she may be contagious if noro type thingy, but nobody else in the family has it. All v odd.

Anyone?

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Any particular food she might be eating at lunch time which could be unsettling her belly?

She is eating something at Lunch that is irritating her gut, it is not a bug anymore but an intolerance. Does she have milk with her lunch at all?

Hi - no, different things every day, trying to avoid dairy.

Sounds like a virus to me, too.

She's more chippy in the morning because she's had a good rest, but it rears it's head the minute she begins to 'flag' in the middle of the day.

At this stage, the doc is just going to look at you like you're a moron, because that's what they do best!

Let it go for another week, and if there's no improvement, go see someone after that.

Why would you avoid dairy without any conclusive proof that she is intolerant?

Youre supposed to after any sort of disruption to the gut desi.

Certain enzymes needed to digest dairy are prob not present in sufficient numbers

It can make recovery slower.

No - don;t think she's intolerant, just from previous experience and 'old wives tales' if you will, avoiding dairy seems to work (although not in this case) She has dairy at breakfast in any case so pretty sure it's not that!

Flight - didn't know about the slower recovety bit....perhaps I should avoid milk at breccie after all! (oops)

Ah, that makes sense, Flight

6 days vomiting is a long while though. I would for reasons Flight says avoid lactose products

Yes I don't mean to say the milk could be the cause of it dragging on for so long...stumped on that one really. I hope she is better tomorrow - if not, do go back to the GP.

Thanks guys - shall avoid dairy and will call GP if not better in a few more days.

Clucky xx

DS2 has just recovered from several bouts of sickness, including rotavirus, and had these symptoms for well over a week afterwards each time. It really does appear that milk aggravates the sickness. It is bizarre how they start the day off fine and end it with extreme vomiting.

Washer - that's really interesting - thanks for posting. She wasn;t sick yesterday pm (day 6) so fingers crossed that she may be finally coming out of it. Hope your ds is fully recovered now. C x

Avoiding dairy is not an old wives tale.

In the summer my dd had a bug which went on for days. She would complain of terrible stomach cramps and would then be repeatedly sick for a few hours then nothing for a day she started eating again then it would all start over.

The doctor we saw told us that after a bug the natural flora and fauna of the stomach is disrupted and yo can become temporarily lactose intolerant which is why she had continued to be sick.

We cut absolutely every last trace of lactose (including bread, some cereals- even gravy powder) from her diet for about a week and it went.

DS had this before Chirstmas. Good in the morning then vomiting and really flopsy in the afternoons. I called the doctor just to check and they said it was the bug of the moment. It normally lasts 7-10 days apparently.

Heck - 7-10 means her b day's cancelled then. I shall watch with interest today (and with a bucket!!)