Throwing up
 

I basically woke up today feeling really sick and after a while I was (involuntarily) throwing up gastric acid+ a little blood. I guess I can be sick like everyone else, but I'm a bit worried since I havent been able to eat anything the last 2 days and now throwing up. Im not sure what to do next:indifferent:

Go to your GP. Only thing i can think of really.

Why haven't you been able to eat anything? Psychological or physical reason? Feel free to PM me regarding it.

If you don't eat then gastric acid can build up which can irritate the stomach a bit and cause you to vomit and bring it up. What was the blood like? Just a small amount of bright red blood/ a larger amount or was it like coffee granules?

Psychological I guess.

It was bright red and not a large amount.

Go to the GP asap. Not eating eventually makes people vomit acid/bile, but in starting eating again you need to be careful and start off with small amounts of plain foods.

If you cannot hold liquids down go to hospital because your probably very dehydrated.

I was for a quick check on Monday, but I didnt take blood samples or anything.

I had trouble holding down liquids on Monday, but I've been drinking a lot more these last 2 days. I've also been able to force myself to eat a small amount of food this morning.

I feel a lot better than I did...Im not sure if I should go and get a blood test anyway or if I'm ok for now.

If they didn't say you needed bloods then there is no reason really why you should go and get these.

The blood will more than likely just be from the pressure put on the little blood vessels when you vomit and those bursting a bit. As well as that, if you've vomited a few times the area will be inflamed bringing these closer to the surface and more vulnerable.

Good things to eat at the moment would be things that are light on the stomach such as rice/ pasta/ chicken/ white fish/ a veg based soup/ bread. Definitely not red meat or anything like curries at the moment. And yes, stick to small amounts but I would recommend these relatively regularly but if you have been restricting for some time (I don't know whether you have or not) then don't suddenly drastically increase what you're eating, a small increase would be fine (and good) but more than this can cause damage and seeing a dietician would be the most sensible thing in the long term to come up with a meal plan if this is the case.