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Suggest Treatment For Severe Vomiting In A Child
Question: My Son 6 yrs old and weighs about 21 kgs is suffering from vomitings since yesterday night. He had atleast 4-5 vomitings till not heavily though except the first time. Looks like he is feeling uneasiness in his stomach. Please advise medication for him.
Brief Answer:
You may give ondensetron
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for asking on this platform
I have gone through the detail.Most common cause of vomiting and uneasiness in stomach if not associtaed with other symptoms is gastritis.
Giving medicines for vomiting like ondensetron with some acid reducing agent like ranitidine provides relief.
The dose of ondensetron for this age and weight is 2 mg/kg/dose twice to thrice a day.Similarly ranitidine can be given in dose of 40 mg/dose twice a day.
The ondensetron syrup comes in strength of 2 mg/5ml and ranitidine 75 mg/5 ml.
So the dose would be 5 ml of ondensetron and 2.5 ml of ranitidine twice a day.Both these are presciption medicine so please get it prescribed by a physician.
Give plenty of fluid to avoid any dehydration due to vomiting.
If vomiting or uneasinesd persists please consult a pediatrician for evaluation and management accordingly.
I hope this helps.
Please let me know if you have any more query.
Regards
You may give ondensetron
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for asking on this platform
I have gone through the detail.Most common cause of vomiting and uneasiness in stomach if not associtaed with other symptoms is gastritis.
Giving medicines for vomiting like ondensetron with some acid reducing agent like ranitidine provides relief.
The dose of ondensetron for this age and weight is 2 mg/kg/dose twice to thrice a day.Similarly ranitidine can be given in dose of 40 mg/dose twice a day.
The ondensetron syrup comes in strength of 2 mg/5ml and ranitidine 75 mg/5 ml.
So the dose would be 5 ml of ondensetron and 2.5 ml of ranitidine twice a day.Both these are presciption medicine so please get it prescribed by a physician.
Give plenty of fluid to avoid any dehydration due to vomiting.
If vomiting or uneasinesd persists please consult a pediatrician for evaluation and management accordingly.
I hope this helps.
Please let me know if you have any more query.
Regards
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Dr. Nagamani Ng
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