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How To Relieve Vomiting

Relieve Vomiting. This unpleasant sign of illness is uncomfortable to watch as well as experience. Learn how you can use several ways to relieve the symptoms. Enlarge

How To Relieve Vomiting

Relieve Vomiting. This unpleasant sign of illness is uncomfortable to watch as well as experience. Learn how you can use several ways to relieve the symptoms.

Step 1: You will need

  • 1 cloth
  • drinking water

Step 2: Comfort the person

Reassure the person if they are vomiting by rubbing their back or supporting them in a comfortable position.

Step 3: Use a warm cloth

Then dampen a cloth in warm water, wring it out and give it to the person to wipe their face.

Step 4: Drink plain fluids

Give the person plenty of clear fluids like water or still isotonic glucose drinks. Alternatively, add 1 teaspoon of salt per litre and 4-5 teaspoons of sugar per litre to water. They should sip slowly.

Step 5: Avoid spicy food

For the next 24 hours if the person feels hungry, only give easily digested non-spicy foods.

If the vomiting persists, seek medical advice