I was wondering how many do this ?

[MommytoB]

If you or your child ever get diherea or/and throw ups do you listen and do the recommended advice of having only Fluids ?

I don't because he and I eat what we normally eat . No matter if we are throwing up or having diherea .

We would even drink alot of fluids too.

If I would listen to their advice because I suffer from IBS as in a spatisic colon which would actually make me on fluid diet for nearly every single day of my life LOL if I listened to their advice .

[Addy's Mom]

I don't think just fluids is recommended anymore (for diarrhea at least), and neither is the BRAT diet. Most pedis I've talked to recommend a regular, age-appropriate diet for a child, but to avoid super-sugary things like juice.

In any event, my son doesn't eat much to begin with and when sick like that, will eat very little. I just try to get whatever I can into him, including fluids.

[kjbrown92]

Usually for diarrhea, the BRAT (banana, rice, applesauce, toast) diet is recommended.

For vomiting, yes, they/we have clear liquids until we stop throwing up (that's usually a period of 3 hours or more of no puke). Then on to liquids. Then bland/easy to digest foods.

When you're throwing up or having diarrhea, your body is telling you something.

P.S. IBS is often from food intolerances...

[Ruthla]

I've never, in my life, heard of giving only fluids for diarhrea. I've heard to make sure you stay hydrated when there's vomiting and/or diarhea, which often means giving small frequent sips so that the fluids can be absorbed, but there's no need to restrict solid foods for diarhea alone.

For vomiting, I give nothing at all for about 20 minutes after vomiting, then small sips of clear fluids with electrolytes (breastmilk, tea with sugar, diluted juice, or something like pedialite), then larger amounts, and then we move onto "easy to digest" solids such as toast, rice, cooked veggies, bits of chicken in soup, etc.

That's only for vomiting from illness, when generally the body needs a rest from food. Vomting from other sources (such as gagging on something) wouldn't require such a response. I generally do follow the "no food for 20 minutes after you vomit" rule no matter what, but there may not be any need to ease into foods slowly after that.

[sbgrace]

Outside of dairy (because of lactose intolerance) w/virus and parasitic infections I don't think they recommend diet changes with stomach bugs now.

On the IBS front....I learned that a lot of people with IBS are actually carrying a parasite (that my son has) either d. fragilis or b. hominus or both. We found his via metametrix stool analysis. I think Genova is pretty good at catching those too, especially if you do two three day samples. Given your symptoms I'd strongly recommend metametrix (or Genova) in case it is a treatable cause.