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Sickness and the other end urgh
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Well last night/this morning i have been really bad with both ends of my body, being sick pretty much constantly for over 4 hours which resulted in blood loss. I went to see the out of hour doc and he said he thinks its a nasty bug and gave me something to help stop me being sick.
First question is will this delay me getting rid of the bug if i take them? I have only taken one so far.
Secondly what he has given me says on the net that its given in cases or migraine related vomiting ect only.
So why has he given me this? I don't have a migraine.
It's Buccastem he gave me.
First question is will this delay me getting rid of the bug if i take them? I have only taken one so far.
Secondly what he has given me says on the net that its given in cases or migraine related vomiting ect only.
So why has he given me this? I don't have a migraine.
It's Buccastem he gave me.
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I don't think it should keep you sick longer, I think you can trust your doctor.
Thats what i read earlier and it says it should be only used for migraines but i don't have a migraine i have a sick bug.
Id take the tablets if it was me.
I think worse case scenario is that it wouldn't change anyting...
Its an anti-emetic - it will stop you being sick. It wont cure the illness and it is unlikely to make it worse.
If you tried it and it gave you side effects, then you could always not take it again.
If you didnt want to get any medication for it, why go to the doctors in the first place. they dont wave a magic wand.
I went to the doctors as advised as i was worried about the amount of blood i was passing.
I don't want a lecture just some advice.
according to my gastoenterologist, anti-diarrhea drugs are only really a good idea if you are crapping due to something like IBS or another functional bowel disorder (i.e. there's nothing wrong, but your body thinks there is).
if you are not sure what's wrong, or it's definitely something like a bug, they might not be the wisest course of action. not sure why, but he's a bum doctor, so i'm guessing he knows.
he's fine with anti-emetics though (for short term use), so i'm sure they'll be fine.