Medical question?

Ok im struggling to keep any food down or in my system for any period, i've got a bad chest and chesty cough.

Been given a course of antibiotics this afternoon when i returned from uk. Really dazed and feeling very sick even when im not eating.

Should i be eating alongside my antibiotics even if i have to force it? The antibiotics are for my chest not the struggling of keeping food down.

Could the antibiotics also be making me feel sick without eating?

Sounds like you may have got a little something nasty given to you from davepreston...

Originally Posted by speedplay

Sounds like you may have got a little something nasty given to you from davepreston...

Ahaha, was alright actually right up until i headed to his on thursday.... Got abit of a cough... then next night was up at Lancaster Uni went out in a t-shirt ahem!

By time i returned to Dave's on saturday i was in a right state! Could hardly breath. Spent the next 2 days in bed at his pretty much and couldn't keep anything down.

Really buggered off about it though because he was on route back too mine... now he's not and i'm feeling absoultuly terrible still!

Any ideas with antibiotics and eating though?

iirc most antibiotics work best on a full stomah or just after food so yes keep eating, soup and bread if nothing else.
there are plenty of medical bids on here who will no doubt be along shortly to correct me.

other than that man up and stop moaning

Do you have a fever with this??

"Feed a cold, starve a fever".

If you are struggling to keep anything down then its best not to eat, give your system time to recover from whatever it is that has caused it. Keep your fluids up as much as you can, which will also be tricky if your vomiting. Try to sip it rather than drink.

[DarrenSV650S]

One of the side effects of antibiotics is vomiting

Try eating swill

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

iirc most antibiotics work best on a full stomah or just after food so yes keep eating, soup and bread if nothing else.
there are plenty of medical bids on here who will no doubt be along shortly to correct me.

other than that man up and stop moaning

Hahaha, cheers for that, the last part makes you sound like DP though, in all seriousness i've not eaten and kept the food down since thursday evening, followed by heavy drinking that evening. Then no more food since thats stayed down.

I tried ermmm chicken cream soup or something from heinz... wonder if i should go more basic and ditch the "cream" part in my soup might not be doing me any good.

I'll tell you what full run down might be easier to save confusion im poor at explaining things so hold on....

- Thursday evening ate

- Later on thursday went on the P**s

- Friday didn't feel like eating, was abit coughy etc... went on p**s.

- Saturday woke up feeling like i am now chest and coughing wise. Didn't eat felt abit sick.

- Saturday night about 10pm first time i'd ate since thursday i ate a small ammount of hot pot. Threw back up within 2 hours.

- Sunday about 4am tried drinking some blackcurrent juice instantly threw up.

- Slept most of sunday without eating again.

- Sunday 11pm ate 2 slices of bread and jam as i HAD to drive and was practically passed out with the lack of food. (stayed down).

- Felt terrible at about 4am on the boat so my mate bought some fruit like melon and grapes which i ate kept down no problem.

- Got back home about 7am, slept as soon as i got through the door till 2pm without eating.

- Picked up antibiotics at about 5pm, had first one then instantly ate 3 slices of bread and half a tin of soup.... instantly on toilet (don't need to describe that part).

Thats where i'm upto really, so had big periods where i've eaten bugger all.
One or two days may be slightly mixed up as i remember eating more than 1 evening meal at daves so i'm abit confused as to how i managed that :S.
But i am rather dazed at the moment.

Hope that clears it up abit more.

[Richie]

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