Do not eat or drink anything until you have the vomiting under control. Once these liquids are tolerated, try a softer diet with bland foods such as mashed potatoes, rice, pureed fruits, smoothies, fruit nectars, yogurt, cereal with milk or soy if you have problems digesting milk.
Try foods such as bananas, rice, applesauce, dry toast, soda crackers (these foods are called BRAT diet). For 24-48 hours after the last episode of vomiting, avoid foods that can irritate or may be difficult to digest such alcohol, caffeine, fats/oils, spicy food, milk or cheese.
You can eat the following foods if you tolerate them well or if they are lactose free: low-fat yogurt; low-fat cheese; milk.
A special diet known as the BRAT diet (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast) is an effective way to treat both.
Try drinking sips of water, weak tea, clear soft drinks without carbonation, noncaffeinated sports drinks, or broth. Sugary drinks may calm the stomach better than other liquids. Temporarily stop taking oral medicines. These can make vomiting worse.
Generally, acute gastritis lasts anywhere from 2-10 days and can be greatly improved with symptomatic treatment. People usually recover from acute gastritis without complications or need for further medical intervention.
So although milk temporarily coats the lining of the stomach, buffering the acid in your stomach and making you feel a bit better, the relief might last for only twenty minutes or so. In other words milk may have many benefits, but settling an upset stomach isn't one of them.
Vomiting and home care
Avoid fruit juice, cordial and sugary drinks. Avoid alcohol and caffeine. Manage your diet until you get back to normal — eat bland foods, such as rice, pasta and crackers, and avoid fatty food.
Yogurt. If you eat Greek or Icelandic yogurt, like Skyr, you're getting gut-friendly probiotics to help keep nausea and stomach problems at bay. Try a small helping of these yogurts before head out the door or when you feel nausea coming on.
Foods to eat include clear broths, crackers, toast, gelatin, bananas, rice and chicken. Avoid certain foods until you feel better. These foods include dairy products, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, processed foods, and fatty, spicy or highly seasoned foods.
Foods to avoid are alcohol, caffeinated beverages, dairy products and processed foods. "The main complication of a stomach bug is dehydration — a severe loss of water, and essential salts and minerals.
Yogurt can usually help with diarrhea. However, if you have an intolerance or allergy to lactose, it may worsen diarrhea. If you have diarrhea and would like to try yogurt as a home remedy, choose a brand that contains probiotics and is low in sugar.
You may start eating soft bland foods when you have not vomited for several hours and are able to drink clear liquids without further upset. Soda crackers, toast, plain noodles, gelatin, eggs, applesauce, and bananas are good first choices.
Yellow or greenish-vomit is usually a sign that you are throwing up bile. Throwing up yellow bile could indicate a potentially serious medical concern like a hiatal hernia or intestinal blockage. It can also happen if you have stomach flu or food poisoning and continue to vomit after your stomach is empty.
To add probiotics to your diet when you're not feeling well, Dror says Greek yogurt is an excellent option. “Greek yogurt has double the protein of regular yogurt and less lactose, so it's easier on the digestive system,” she says.
This is because absorption begins in the mouth (through the saliva), continues in the oesophagus, and then in the stomach. Even if the entire stomach contents is vomited up, many of the calories will have already been ingested.
The acronym “BRAT” stands for bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. These bland foods are gentle on the stomach, so they might help prevent further stomach upset.
Avoid eating and drinking for two hours after the last episode of vomiting. Start with small amounts of clear liquids, such as water, ice, popsicles, sports drinks, clear broth or Jell-O for the first 24 hours. Avoid alcohol, caffeinated beverages, and fruit juice.
Avoid dairy and fruit, because sugars and fibres will exacerbate gastro symptoms and prevent you from absorbing nutrients. Susie suggests rebuilding the gut after gastro with simple foods like white bread and Vegemite, which contains replenishing B-group vitamins and salt.
Stop eating if your nausea returns. Avoid milk and dairy products, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, and fatty or highly seasoned foods for a few days. Get plenty of rest. The illness and dehydration can make you weak and tired.
Allow yourself to rest. Resting propped up in a seated position with the head elevated at least twelve inches above the feet is ideal. Remain in this seated rested position for a minimum of an hour, or until you are no longer experiencing nausea. Do not lie down all the way.
Liquids and foods to avoid
In a child with vomiting and/or diarrhea milk and juice are best avoided as they may make symptoms worse.