Gastroenteritis
6 articles
Vomiting in Children: When to See a Doctor and When to Wait
Vomiting is one of the most common reasons parents contact their GP or seek urgent care, and it is often possible to manage safely at home once the un...
Rotavirus in Children: What to Expect and How to Care for Your Child
Before 2013, rotavirus was one of the most common reasons young children were admitted to hospital in the UK. Almost every child contracted it before...
Food Poisoning in Children: What to Watch For, What to Do
A child who has been eating happily and is now vomiting and miserable is alarming. Most of the time it's a self-limiting infection that will be over i...
Diarrhoea in Young Children: First Aid and Home Management
A toddler with proper diarrhoea — six, eight, ten loose stools a day — is exhausting, messy, and can be worrying. The reassuring part: in the under-5...
Dehydration in Children: Signs, Causes, and When It Becomes Serious
A child throws up twice in the morning, refuses lunch, and goes quiet on the sofa. Most of the time this is a 24-hour stomach bug that resolves with p...
Dehydration in Babies and Toddlers: Signs, Treatment, and Prevention
A stomach bug runs through a nursery, and within 48 hours half the babies in the room are home with their parents. What surprises most first-time pare...