What do you use when you get those "24/48 hour" bugs?

[Thystle]

Adult's or kids. There seems to be something going around here and any new ideas are welcome! Especially of the "nauseous fixing" kind. 

[Amatullah0]

If it's me, usually nothing. Maybe crystalized ginger or real ginger soda if theres nausea involved for me, dh, or ds. I will take immodium if I have uncomfortable diarrhea that makes me rush to the bathroom every 5 minutes and stay there for a good 20 min each trip(or give it to DH if he has it-probably wouldn't give it to DS though, not at his age anyhow.) Then I would also probably take/give some homeopathic meds, we have a ton of homeopathic doctors in the family. 

ETA: also, bananas, rice, applesauce, toast/crackers, or yogurt

[Koalamom]

Right if I feel something coming on or see my kids sneezing or starting a runny nose, we all take loads of vitamin D. And then I find drinking kombucha helps with the healing process.

[Llyra]

You mean the vomit and diarrhea bugs? Like rotavirus and norwalk viruses? Typically we don't use anything. Those things just have to run their course, and stuff like anti-diarrheals just slows it down. I stop food, until four hours after the last vomit, and just offer small quantities of fluids. Then we restart food slowly, starting with easy-to-digest foods. We usually start with a broth, with the fat skimmed off.

We do use ginger and peppermint, to soothe the stomach once the worst of it is past, and I'll usually stop liquid cow's milk for a few days afterwards, since some of those viruses cause a temporary lactose intolerance, due to intestinal injury. My homemade yogurt is cultured long enough that the lactose is gone, so we stick with that.

[SuburbanHippie]

If I have a feeling it's coming, the adults take 50,000 IUs of vit D3 for 3 days and the kids take their larger dose (depending on their weight, homefirst.com has a chart) for 3 days.  Sometimes we will dodge it completely, other times it just limits the duration of the illness.  Most of the time when we have a stomach bug the vomiting part lasts one to two hours and the rest of the 24 hours is just being tired and/or having a headache.

[deditus]

Culturelle, double dose. Ginger/lemon/honey tea. Broth. Vit d.

[Koalamom]

Originally Posted by SuburbanHippie 

If I have a feeling it's coming, the adults take 50,000 IUs of vit D3 for 3 days and the kids take their larger dose (depending on their weight, homefirst.com has a chart) for 3 days.  Sometimes we will dodge it completely, other times it just limits the duration of the illness.  Most of the time when we have a stomach bug the vomiting part lasts one to two hours and the rest of the 24 hours is just being tired and/or having a headache.

Works every time!!