How to Rehydrate After Vomiting (Without Making It Worse)

Step 1: Wait

Give your stomach 30 to 60 minutes of nothing after the last time you were sick. Rinse your mouth, do not drink yet.

Step 2: Small sips

Start with a tablespoon of fluid every 5 to 10 minutes. Not a glass. Water is fine; an oral rehydration drink (the kind sold for kids, or a sports drink cut half with water) is better because it replaces sodium and potassium too. Ice chips work if sips do not.

Step 3: Build up

If sips stay down for an hour, go to a quarter cup every 15 minutes. Then plain foods: crackers, toast, rice, bananas, broth. Skip dairy, fat, caffeine and alcohol for a day.

Step 4: Watch for the warning signs

Vomiting for more than 24 hours in an adult, blood in the vomit, a stiff neck, severe belly pain, confusion, or no urine for 8 hours are reasons to go to the ER, not to book a drip.

When a nurse at home makes sense

The gap in the middle: you are past the worst, you are not in danger, but you cannot get enough fluid in to feel human. That is the Nausea & Stomach Relief drip. A licensed nurse comes to your home anywhere in New York and New Jersey, checks your blood pressure and pulse, and gives a liter of fluids with electrolytes. With a provider's order, the nurse can add anti-nausea support so the fluids stay down. Most people feel steadier within the hour.

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