I Threw Up Four Times At 8:45 Pm. The Last

Posted on Mon, 26 Aug 2019

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Question : I threw up four times at 8:45 pm. The last time I threw up there was small amount of blood in my vomit. I had taken pink pedialite to get some fluids in my stomach at 7:45 pm. I am also taking an antibiotic for a yeast infection, it is called metronidazle and have been taking it for 7 days. I did not eat dinner. I do not have any abdominal pain, and just threw up with no real pain. I had a headache two hours ago but it is gone. Although the pedialite was pink, I am pretty confident there was blood in the vomit.

Answered by Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
acute gastritis with stomach lining erosion.guidelines below.

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to Ask A Doctor services.
I have read your query and here is my advise.

* As per my clinical experience, vomiting with blood indicate gastritis
causing erosion of stomach wall lining due to consumption of
metronidazole without dinner.
Pedialite is not a culprit.

* Kindly follow certain guidelines to get well soon

- Need prescription of anti emetic as ondancetron or domperidone for vomit
control.
- Proton pump inhibitor as pantoprazole or omeprazole ( can be available off
the counter without prescription ) to be taken with sips of water on empty
stomach morning and evening.
- Stop further doses of metronidazole at present.
- Avoid spices, non veg, dairy fat in diet.
- Do not skip lunch or dinner and consume small amount of food at intervals.
- Do not panic as the issue settles very fast with proper medical
management.

Hope this information will help you for sure.
Wish you best recovery.

Thanks.
Dr Bhagyesh

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj