What cures nausea?

Cures for nausea?

  • Oh My God, please help me. Any cures for EXTREME hangover related nausea? I've been vomiting every 15 minutes - every hour since 4 am this morning, it's now 2:30 pm. I read the threads on hangover cures and they all recommend fluids and food, but I literally can't keep anything down. A cup of gatorade/water, and 10 minutes later I puke it all up and then some. A sip of gatorade/water, and 10 minutes later I puke it up too. My sister brought home a greasy meal for me and I ate one french fry and, yup, up it came. I know I really need to replace my fluids/sodium/potassium but I can't keep anything down. Is there ANYTHING that will cure this?

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    Doesn't sound like a hangover. See a doctor.

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It's definitely a hangover, I am 95 lbs and drank 6 drinks last night and blacked out. I think the ER would turn me away because it's just a hangover. It doesn't matter that you're vomiting because of alcohol or whatever - you can not keep down any foods or fluids, so you need to get anti-nausea meds now rather than an IV later. Seriously, you have been vomiting for more than 10 hours straight. This is not normal.

muddgirl

I'm off to walk-in care. Thanks everyone.

pintapicasso

Update - I talked to my friend who I went out with and apparently I only had 4 drinks. When I got to the ER the nurse took m vitals and my heart was racing. I had blood work done and the nurses think I actually had a stomach virus. They gave me some anti-nausea medicine that was lovely. Bottom line, though, it took 3 bags of fluid (6 lbs!) before I could pee and it wasn't pretty. THANK YOU to everyone who suggested I go - I never, ever would have thought to go to the hospital for what I thought was a hangover.

pintapicasso

You can go to an emergency clinic rather than the ER. If you are a college student there is probably one on-campus.

muddgirl

the er won't turn you away, they're gonna give you an IV and a bucket to puke in (i'm guessing some anti-nausea meds in the IV too). I've been there in terms of puking that much because of a hangover, but the question really isn't about hangover vs food poisoning vs stomach flu, it's about dehydrating, which drinking does in the first place and puking the next day exacerbates. you'll feel better with the IV.

raccoon409

Doesn't matter whether it's a hangover or a virus or chemotherapy. That degree of vomiting requires a trip to the ER. You need fluids, sweetie. Go.

SLC Mom

It's true, you can die of dehydration. The ER will not care if the cause of your problem was excess drinking. You still need medical attention, probably intravenous re-hydration. Other than that I will also add that marijuana is an excellent anti-nausea drug. That might have been a good treatment had you used it earlier before becoming dangerously dehydrated.

grizzled

Sounds exactly like the hangovers I used to get in college. Basically a vicious circle of nausea and vomiting, which continued to the afternoon. For me, all I could do was wait it out -- keep drinking water, slowly introduce food when it feels like it might possibly stay down. Bread-like foods maybe. I once tried some Pepto when I started feeling a little better, and that seemed to help. Good luck.

statolith

I'm glad that you went to a walk-in. I want to post here because there is some potentially dangerous advice in this thread, namely this: "Whatever you do you need to keep drinking fluids even if you immediately throw them up." This is really bad advice. Throwing up throws your electrolyte balance out of whack, and can compound the dehydration. If drinking water makes you throw up, don't drink. There are other options to try, should you find yourself in this position again. You can absorb a little bit of water by sucking on an ice cube, or just by swishing water around in your mouth. Again, if you find this exacerbates the nausea, DON'T DO IT. If you're wondering about just how dehydrated you are, a good way to check is to take your pulse. If your pulse is above 100, it's a good reason to seek some sort of urgent care. (Having a pulse less than 100 doesn't mean you're safe, though.)

nathan v

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