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Hey dogbert, you're a medical professional, I have a question.

Posted by Subversive (aka Subversive) Sep 4 '08, 20:59

All non medical personnel can chime in if they want as well.

My daughter has been throwing up about once a day for around the past week. She's totally fine, seems like herself all the time. She has a bit of diarhea (sp), but no fever. We've been making sure she stays well hydrated, and she's still having several wet diapers a day, as per normal. Melynda went to the doctor, and the doctor said it was likely the flu. However, this seems odd to me. She throws up once a day, only when she's sleeping, and acts perfectly normal the rest of the time. Thoughts?

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reflux maybe? - Trish Sep 4, 21:10 2
- Actually what happened was she had a bad bum rash, so we started eliminating foods... - Subversive Sep 4, 21:20 1
  - Well that's what you get for letting her play with homeless people. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 4, 21:24
how old is she? could be a reflux type of problem. this is common with children who have underdeveloped esophageal sphincter. they will spit-up/vomit - dogbert183 Sep 4, 21:06 10
- or pyloric stenosis, i had that -- nm - mickpix Sep 4, 21:20 2
  - Wait, was this a serious answer? You threw me off there, I assumed it was some sort of clever joke. -- nm - Subversive Sep 4, 21:23 1
    - no joke. they had to bust me open and remove the skin blocking my duodenum -- nm - mickpix Sep 4, 21:30
- D had this from birth. She went into the hospital when she was 10 days old because of the vomiting. - Trish Sep 4, 21:19 1
  - I still can't get past the whole "once a day" part of it, that's what's really making me confused about it. -- nm - Subversive Sep 4, 21:22
- She's 18 months. It's totally new, she was never a thrower-upper before. I think she had thrown up maybe 4 times her entire life until the past week. -- nm - Subversive Sep 4, 21:17
- Logan did, but he cried a lot with it. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 21:09
- and if she's still having a normal amount of wet diapers, I wouldn't worry much about dehydration -- nm - dogbert183 Sep 4, 21:08 2
  - she travelled recently by plane -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 21:09 1
    - Yes, but it was happening before she travelled, then happened during the trip, now is happening in Ottawa where she has travelled to... - Subversive Sep 4, 21:16
as with all medical questions, dogbert's universal answer is "amputate" -- nm - mickpix Sep 4, 21:03 1
- that to (you can never be too sure) -- nm - dogbert183 Sep 4, 21:07
Thought: "Ew." -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 21:00 1
- Sorry, should I have prefaced it with "this will be gross for anyone without children" ? - Subversive Sep 4, 21:01

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