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Probably not for easily queasy. Can I eat?
I'm really sorry about the lenght but I tend to include details (hopefully not unnecessary ones)
First I'd like to say that I know none of you are doctors (unless you actually are) and that I don't want to be prescribed anything or to be told what's wrong with me. I want your opinion on what YOU would do in this situation or anything that your parents have you do when you're in this situation. So don't tell me "well I'm not a doctor and you should see one..." Mainly because whatever is wrong with me isn't bad enough to see a doctor.
Today at school I didn't feel good and came home, that was around 9ish. I never actually threw up, I burped a bunch and I had to use the restroom a lot. I took a few walks outside to get some fresh air, not going too far because I felt a little faint. Anyway, my question is - I'm kind of hungry. I figure that if I eat I may get sick and I wanted to know that if my stomach is growling it means I want food right? (all I had to eat today was chick fil a hasbrowns and less than half that come in the box). So do you think I'd be able to eat, maybe just some crackers. I'm also thirsty - well, my mouth is really dry. I've been swishing with water and spitting it out because I know it's not good to drink water when you're sick. I have gatorade in the house and heard that was okay to drink, do you know? I would drink ginger ale but we don't have any in the house. We have milk, gatorade, capri-sun, sunny D, water, I could make hot tea/cold tea... any suggestions?
There's one other question where the "I know you're not a doctor" comes in. My mom is also home because she's REALLY sick. She has a doctors appointment tomorrow but talked to the doctor today. The doctor said it was going around and A LOT of people I know have gotten it. She came home last night after not feeling well. She got sick on the car ride home and pretty much only stopped throwing up an hour ago.
I know what she has is contagious (since it's going around) my question second question is, do you think that I'll be okay, or that I'll catch it. I get sick around Christmas time EVERY year and I was wondering if you guys thought that maybe what I have now is what my mom has, minus the throwing up. (I still feel light-headed a little bit and tired and pretty much everything she does minus the vomit) or if you guys think I may still have a chance of getting what she has. I ask this because tomorrow I have a really good extra credit opportunity if I stay after school in history to watch a movie and take notes so I'll be at school until 4:30 (getting home around 4:40ish) and I'm hoping I'll be okay to go because I REALLY need the extra credit. I know I can talk to my teacher and work out a way to get extra credit without staying after because he's really nice. But I thought that if I don't throw up at all past 7 tonight I'll probably be okay to go. Do you all think that that's logical thinking?
Again I'm sorry about the length but sometimes when I answer questions I feel I don't have enough details so I try to supply enough without supplying too many. Though I probably did give too many. Thankyou in advance!
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I have had what this sounds like. It did start out with daihharea (?) and I just pushed myself too hard, so it caught up with me. Get lots of sleep... warm drinks always help settle my stomach. Try peppermint tea. See how you feel in the morning and afternoon... sometimes it's hard to tell. Good luck with that!
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from what i know water is good when your sick because it breaks up the mucus. i would keep drinking liquids, and snack on some crackers, or soup. you dont want to drink milk because if you have a stuffy nose then you would be able to taste them when you do drink the milk. since your mom has it, theres a really good chance that you will get it too. what you have now is probably an early stage of what she has. like when you get a certain type of flu the symptoms dont show until about 2 weeks. for the school part you should take some kind of medicine when you go to bed so you may feel better in the morning, and when it is in the morning just see if you feel better and if you dont feel good dont go to school but if you do just go and take it easy
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i went through the same thing when i was alittle younger. i found that if i felt to sick to eat that i would make a hot drink and then a sandwich. if you drink a bit oftea or whatever then have a nibble you'll be suprised that yo will be able to eat the whole thing just take your time.
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If you are hungry by all means eat something. If your stomach is rolling and you're going to get sick, you probably won't feel very hungry. So eat!
When you are sick you want to drink plenty of fluids. Don't want to get dehydrated. If you aren't vomiting you can drink about anything. If you do, and for mom right now stick with the ginger ale and Gatorade.
I just got over the bug going around. It is basically a 24 hour thing and after throwing up you don't feel real bad. Worst of it is feeling a little dizzy. Lie down and sleep it off and you will be okay. Might just get lucky and not get it
but you could. :)
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You're probably getting what your mother has, which is likely an enterovirus (viral infection of the stomach/bowel). The light-headedness is probably due to dehydration. Please drink water. I don't know where you got the idea it's not good to drink water when you're sick. Water is a very good thing. I would DEFINITELY avoid the milk. The capri sun and gatorade have sugars which will increase diarrhea. Sunny D could be too acidic and could cause more nausea. Tea is a good idea also, and it doesn't matter if it's hot or cold except that cold could cause more stomach cramps. If you are hungry, try something bland, like dry toast. If that goes well, you can try something like applesauce. Stomach growling doesn't mean you're hungry. It means your intestines are active. That could be just your gut trying to digest, since you would normally have had a meal by then, or it could be more diarrhea on its way! Proceed with caution.
My thoughts on the extra-credit tomorrow? Skip it. If your Mom is contageous, you are likely contageous. Give yourself time to recover. If you're just ROCKIN' tomorrow and can't wait to go to school, make that decision tomorrow morning. A couple more things: take your temperature and think about whether you could possibly be pregnant. With food, start with a little bit of something bland and gradually increase the variety and amounts of food. Stay near a toilet if you need to.
Rest up, eat when you can, and don't push it. As a Mom, I support good grades, but I also support infection control and putting your health above an extra-credit assignment that you can do later.
I'm not a doctor, but I play one on television.;)
Sabine
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Hi there,
First some general info:
Whoever told you not to keep hydrated (drink water) during an illness that involves nausea/vomiting/diarrhea is probably not someone that you should take any other health advice from.
Becoming dehydrated is one of the worst things that can happen to your body, so keep up with the fluids. Take small quantities of liquid at a time, in other words "Sip not Gulp."
Your stomach grumbling is indeed a cry for help. What you ate today wouldn't keep my 5 pound chihuahua full. Time to find something light and give it a try.
I like applesauce in a situation like this.
Yogurt, and whatever else you have around that you think you might tolerate is better than letting your stomach eat itself.
One thing to remember: Try to avoid anything really acidic, or anything that will make your stomach produce a lot of acid... just in case you end up bringing this back up.
Here is the usual warning: You really should see a doctor about this. If this gets weirder on you, you might find that you have something completely unrelated to what is going around.
I did that once... everyone I knew had a really nasty flu bug, so when I got sick I didn't seek treatment. I had food poisoning. Had I not, eventually, gone in for help I might not be here.
Just something to keep in mind.
As for predicting if you will catch an unknown bug... sorry, can't do it. The odds are against you, but it isn't hopeless. Not everyone sickened and/or died from the great plagues of the middle ages, yet most everyone was exposed. It is possible to walk through a field of illness and emerge untouched.
Deliberately dehydrating yourself will cut your chances of this. Starving your body will further reduce your chances, in my opinion, to nothing.
As to the class issue... Most of the time these things come on suddenly. You can be fine at noon and a total vomitosaurus at 4:00pm. :-(
Sad to say that predicting based on 7pm the previous night would be a bad idea.
If you take good care of yourself tonight, you can see how you feel in the morning. You might go and see how you do, and you might be better off to call your nice teacher and see about an alternate day to make that credit.
One last thing to consider: If you are sick, and contagious, you are dooming everyone you pass in the halls at school to suffer the same fate.
If you are sick, please stay home.
If not, have a nice day at school tomorrow. :-)
Either way, I wish you good health throughout the winter and hope you escape being any sicker than you have been.
DN.
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