Vomiting Without Diarrhea

Abstract

The following is an arbitrary attempt to classify vomiting by risk for dehydration: Mild: 1 2 times/day Moderate: 3 7 times/day Severe: Vomits 8 or more times per day; vomits everything or nearly everything Caution: Multiple stomach contractions (heaves) do not count as separate episodes of vomiting. At least 10 minutes need to pass, before we consider it another episode of vomiting. Severity relates even more to the length of time that the particular level of vomiting has persisted. At the beginning of a vomiting illness (especially following food poisoning), it's common for a child to vomit everything for 3 or 4 hours and then become stable with mild or moderate vomiting. The younger the child, the greater the risk for dehydration.