What Do Fever, Nausea And Severe Vomiting In A Child Indicate?

Posted on Sun, 18 Dec 2016

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Question : Hi, My 7 year old son has been throwing up for 7 days now with no fever, is tired and nauseous. What could this be? I thought possibly just the flu but now it's been going on so long and he doesn't have a fever

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Likely to be due to gastritis.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. It is likely that your child has gastritis which is likely to be the cause of the vomiting. You need to reduce the time gap between meals. Give some antiemetic like ondansetron when required, especially 15-30 mins before meals. Give him Lanzol Junior tablet once daily before breakfast. Give him plenty of water and ORS (oral rehydration solution) to drink. Hopefully the situation would improve soon.

Monitor his urine output. If it drops, it would be a good idea to visit a doctor.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (26 minutes later)

How would he have gotten gastritis?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (25 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Clinical correlation needed.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. While sitting at a distance it is hard to determine how he has got gastritis. A careful history taking along with proper clinical correlation is needed for the same. However, based on the mentioned symptoms it seems quite certain that he has gastritis.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar