Whatc Auses Vomiting In An Infant?

Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2014

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Question : My daughter, she is 1year 5 months old and she is vomiting as soon as she eat or drink anything.
Recently she came with me from my Home Town with 60 hrs of train journey and my wife has stopped feeding milk from yesterday.

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Seems food poisoning

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

Your daughter seems to be having food poisoning, since she was travelling in train.

Anyways, we need to control her vomiting. She needs antiemetic like ondansetron syrup (Ondem Syr). Give her this syrup (one dose) now before giving any food. Then give her food after 15 to 20 min. Also give her ORS that is reconstituted in cleanest drinking water.

This will take care of her for tonight. If symptoms worsen, please take her to a doctor immediately. Otherwise for further treatment take her to a doctor tomorrow morning.

Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. Vaishalee Punj (12 minutes later)

Thanks for your reply.
Can you please recommend food for her.

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Give her anything that she likes

Detailed Answer:
Hi again

Give her any food that she likes to eat. There is no restriction on food. It should preferably be soft, semi-solid and should not be dry or hard food. One example is cerelac. Other foods like XXXXXXX khichdi, etc can be given. Avoid juices.

Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj