Question: I vomited after eating food and two days before I vomited with blood. I had fever and stomach pain a week ago. What should be the problem?
Answer: Have you got any investigations done?
It would be advisable to get a barium meal and/or an endoscopy done at the earliest. It makes the diagnosis definite and prevents a delay in starting the appropriate treatment.
- When does the pain come on? Night?
- Does vomiting ameliorate the pain?
- Do you suffer from acidity?
- Has there been weight loss?
Causes Of Blood In Vomiting
There are varied reasons for blood in vomiting.
- Esophageal varices (engorgement and varicosity of veins in the esophagus).
- Peptic ulcer (this is quite a common and likely cause, the ulceration could be located either in the stomach/duodenum).
- Carcinoma stomach (it’s a malignant condition of the stomach, it is safer to rule it out quickly).
Dietary indiscretions, overeating, eating heavy, greasy, and heavily spiced foods, irregular meal timings, and stress, – all contribute to gastric derangements.
Type A personalities (irritable, short tempered, perfectionists, easily stressed out) are more prone.
Treatment For Blood Vomiting
- Reorganize your diet and daily routine.
- If, you smoke, stop right away.
- Stay away from liquor.
- Avoid any kinds of stimulants – tea, coffee, aerated drinks, pickles
- Eat only, soft, cooked/ steamed vegetables, rice, broken wheat, and lots of salad to prevent blood in vomiting.
- Ripe bananas are highly beneficial for blood vomiting cure. Being bland, smooth, easily digestible, and having a laxative effect, they promote healing.
- A combination of banana and milk is ideal.
- Begin your day with foods that leave an alkaline ash. – milk, almonds, raisins, and figs. These are the best foods to kick-start your day.
- Remember to chew your food properly. Don’t rush through the meal.
- Set a fixed schedule – right eating, exercise, and stress management.