- Stop eating solid foods for a few hours during the early stage to allow your bowel to rest. Try sucking on ice chips or taking small sips of water.
- Once diarrhea has stopped, you should also stop taking any anti-diarrhea medications.
- To avoid dehydration, try drinking clear soda, clear broths or non-caffeinated sports drinks. Drink plenty of liquid every day, taking small, frequent sips.
- Drinking boiled or disinfected water. Gradually begin to eat bland, easy-to-digest foods, such as soda crackers, toast, gelatin, bananas, rice and chicken.
- Avoid drinking of milk and soy product or any greasy and irritant food. Stop eating if your nausea returns.
- If there is vomiting again, stop eating for several hours again.
- To prevent catching or spreading the virus, always wash hands thoroughly especially when eating and handling food, use separate personal items around your home, disinfect hard surfaces such as counters, doorknobs, faucets, separate raw food and from, practice good kitchen hygiene and separate raw from cooked food.
- Mild diarrhea may persist for a few days. Get plenty of rest and continue to observe for symptom changes. Please return to the hospital as soon as possible if there are following symptoms：
- Vomiting and diarrhea worsens causing dehydration
- Shock or loss of consioucness
- Abdominal pain shifting to the right lower abdomen
- High fever
Acute Gastroenteritis (Stomach Flu) Management
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