Symptoms of stomach flu usually appear within 4 - 48 hours after exposure to the viral contaminated food or water.
Let's see if your child need to go to the hospital right away or if it is something you can take care of yourself.
The important thing with stomach virus illness is to make sure there is no dehydration or any other potentially life threatening situation.
Let's start with that.
Here is why:
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Signs of dehydration:
Here is why:
Signs of dehydration:
This is known as the 'Pinch test'.
Results to expect:
If you think child is looking at dehydration, go to the emergency room or the nearest urgent care clinic. Do not delay.
If you think child is okay, let's continue.
If you answered 'Yes' to the 'Pinch test' question, tap on the 'FYI' button below to see the result to expect in case you want to try it later.
Results to expect:
Let's try to narrow it down to stomach flu as much as possible. Then we will see if the child can ride it out or need to go to the doctor.
Stomach virus can affect one person or a group of people who all ate the same food or drank the same water.
Let's see if the child can ride this out or will need to see a doctor.
May be able to ride this out.
If you are seeing the signs of dehydration, you must have child seek urgent care or give the doctor a call.
Those signs are:
Let's see what a pharmacist recommend you do or use over-the-counter to take care of this stomach flu situation that your child may have.
Watch out for dehydration.
If there are other symptoms or feeling weak from the diarrhea, you should seek urgent care or take child to the emergency room.
If you are seeing the signs of dehydration, you must have child seek urgent care or give the doctor a call.
Those signs are:
Let's see what a pharmacist recommend you do or use over-the-counter if the list above does not apply to your child.
Seek Urgent Care.
If you are seeing the signs of dehydration, you must seek urgent care or take child to the emergency room.
Those signs are: