ASD DS has a sickness bug and it's so bloody traumatic.

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I've been up all night trying to calm/ comfort DS age 5 (and catch the unimaginable amounts of sick)

He has lots of sensory issues which must make the sensation awful.

His understanding is very skewed too, he was insisting that someone had done it to him (first his sister, then me) and is lashing out.

He's sleeping now and I hope the worst is over, but has anyone else had this problem?

How best do yo deal with it?

I had him in a cool dark room, tried to lay him down but he was too agitated.

hope its ok to just say something im new to MN so hi omg i sympathise with you so much (feeling tearful today) my heart breaks for you no much can say to make things better just hopeDS feels better soon, i cant abide the feeling of wanting to puke but yes when my DS ASD is ill the whole house knows about it and even now hes 10 it never gets to the loo its usually in bed or next to it, but when ever hes hurt or ill he always thinks people have done it to him on purpose too , try and have a good day , you will need a glass or two by tonight thats for sure lol

Welcome betty :)

My DD is 5 ASD, she is really traumatised by being sick. All you can do is stand by with clean sheets, a bucket, clean pjs, wipes, towels and water. :( I hope he improves soon and it was just a 24hr bug.

Not sure if this will help with a sick bug.. But amberlight gave me some fab advice for ds when he had tonsilitis and his sensory issues where in complete overload.

She suggested that wiggling his toes and wrapping himself up in a blanket would help with the overload and may allowhis brain to switch off enough from the pain to be able to drink ( that was our particular issue).

I just wonder if toe wiggling might help with the queasy feelings..might be worth a shot... Or something to fidget with might work.
( won't stop him being sick though :( )

Hope he feels better soon. With Ds1 I told him there was a tiny bug jumping around in his tummy and his being sick was a way of getting the tiny bug out. Which isn't really accurate, but was accurate enough for his understanding.

Oh poor ds. Hope he's better really soon. There are a lot of 24 hour bugs around at the moment.

I'm afraid I don't have any useful advice though, as ds1 is the complete opposite. Absolutly refuses to admit he's ill, accuses us of trying to starve him and always insists its travel sickness - even when he hasn't been anywhere near a car. I think this is because he came down with his first d&v bug at the end of a long car journey and before we realised he was ill, we told him that he felt sick in the car because of travel sickness. So obviously, every single time he's been sick ever since - its only travel sickness, so of course he can still eat what he likes and because we say he can't, we are cruel heartless parents who are trying to starve him.

Hope he feels better soon, we do the same as bullet said with dd1 but her understanding is very good, dd2 is a night-mare and when she gets sick she is really sick, i try and keep her calm using her favorite things (books, fidgets ect..), dd2 makes also sticks her hands into her mouth when she vomits (as though she's pulling it out) which makes me feel ill. I have a phobia of vomit so i don't cope well at all when the dd's are ill.

Ds2 handles being sick a lot better than Ds1 does. He seems to take it in his stride.