How easy is it to prevent sv vting?

[catherine73]

Iv`e read quite a few times about emets having their v streaks ruined by a sv. I`ve also read about people who`ve had these bugs & managed not to v. What I`m wondering is how is it some people can avoid vting with sv`s, & others can`t?

[bluebell242]

I dunno! honestly dunno what it comes down to, maybe just the severity of the sv*. I have managed to prevent v* from sv*s. But im not sure how I think I just stopped eating so I wasnt gonna irritate my insides anymore and pretty much just drank water till I felt ok but it was just really stupid, I could have felt better id I'd v* and could have eaten (ok not the opinion of many here I guess!). Oddly enough those sv*s Im sure didn't involve any d*,... so it would just have came up the top end, I dont think it came out as d* when I prevented myself from v*, I've also I guess had 50/50 of sv*s which involved just n*/v* or d*. Some sv*s just make you feel darn awful :S.

[Mama76]

Great, I hadn't V from a SV in years, until my oldest was 2 and got a SV. Then I got it from him, but I think it was rota, not noro, although most adults don't get it, it can happen rarely. (I am guessing rota from the way his diapers were.) FWIW, I don't think I have had one since then even though my children have and I have taken care of them, and hubby did once also, from the kids. I say I don't *think* only because of my anxiety, the N and D from that have been bad enough I wondered, but haven't V since January of 2007.

Edit to add: Sorry, I thought you were asking how well you can avoid getting a SV, not avoid V when you have an SV. If I have gotten any SV since 2007 that wasn't actually just anxiety, I would say I avoided that pretty well too.

[Valen*]

I haven't V* in 15 yrs. I have gotten the SV from my kids, every year they have gotten it (the passed 6 yrs now), and every time I get it, I only have diarrhea. never V*... I pray alot. And decide that Im not going to V*. It just doesn't happen.

[SoVerySorry]

I had the SV in January but I didn't puke. I woke up with that horrible "uh oh" feeling in your stomach. After about 5 minutes, the feeling went away. I took a Promethazine and randomly fell asleep a few seconds later. I then had diarrhea for about 3 days.

It really depends on how hard you were stricken with the sickness. Sometimes, you just NOT vomit, and other times, you can convince yourself that vomiting isn't necessary.

[jkl81]

It takes a lot of will power to decide not to v*. You are fighting against what your body is hard wired to do under the circumstances, and I believe there are probably times when you have no choice in the matter based on experiences when I was younger. I think that if the illness hits you at a point where you don't have a huge load of food in your stomach, if the SV is relatively mild, if you remain calm and just determined not to v* those factors help. If it's a more severe sv, you have just eaten, or you allow yourself to get very upset and have no antiemetics to take those things work toward you having less choice in the matter. I'm not sure but I think that's the way it is. I think that one reason emets tend to not v* or v* less is that we pay such close attention to our guts that maybe we can tell earlier on, before we feel really ill that something is just not right with our gut, so therefore we stop eating sooner than others, prepare with anti emetics and so forth. The downside is that you almost certainly cause yourself a lot of needless worry by doing that. For instance, last night I had a fair bit of anxiety and felt kind of sick. I really didn't eat dinner and I got kind of worried. I didn't v( and I most certainly didn't have a SV either, but I think someone wh wasn't emetophobic would have pushed through and eaten and maybe felt better sooner, or maybe they would have had a worse time. It's hard to say.

[staystrongxx]

When I had an sv* I held off v* for hours on end. When I went to the hospital due to being danger to self, I ended up v*ing because they weren't letting me use my methods of control (which were very unhealthy) but I think sheer willpower can sometimes hold it off if it's not necessary. I know there is a lot of people on here who contract an sv* and do not v* just have d*.

[bluebell242]

Yeah if i was in ideal circumstances I could hold off much easier than if I felt extremely n* (which perhaps I didn't on some occasions where I felt it was gonna happen) where it would just have to happen because I couldn't be trying hard to stop myself. Well probably anyway. I am not really understanding(urgh:/) the whole 'some people v* ,some get d* with an sv*' thing. some get both. some get one or the other i suppose. i think it just depends on the illness. it doesn't mean some people just 'don't' v* from sv*s i think, not in my experience anyway, it certainly has tried to make me have to v*.

[leftoftwilight]

The last time I had a sv*, I woke up feeling n* and immediately the adrenaline kicked in. I sat up straight and was in full alert. I was determined to to v*. I spat out all the extra saliva my body was creating and focus really hard on reading a book. I put one hand on my stomach and willed my body to let the n* pass and the please not let me v*.
It worked. I stayed up all night and was scared, but it did work. I did not take any medications (I personally don't like taking pharmaceuticals).
The next day, I went for a walk outside and ate some natural licorice fern, which helped settle my stomach more and calm me down.
I didn't eat for two days, then only the BRAT diet to help with d*.

One thing that helped me was the knowledge that sv* are in the gut, not the stomach. V* actually doesn't help clear the bug out of your system. I tried to focus on letting my body know that. Now when I get n*, I get a hot water bottle for my stomach and focus on other things(ie read a book or watch a movie) while at the same time focusing on everything going down to the other end so to speak.

[SoVerySorry]

I tried that with my last episode but I really got tired of it and said "fine just puke and get it over with"

I wish I hadn't done that but the super nausea gets annoying haha

[Erin80]

I had an sv in February after my 4 yr old brought it home from school. She had it first, then my DH, then my youngest daughter, and then me. I didn't v, but from the time my oldest DD woke up v'ing, I barely ate for a week. I was pregnant at that point, around 28 weeks, and I actually lost 6lbs from not eating for that week. When I did catch it, I had a fever, body aches and nausea.....but not v'ing or d. I did take a pregnancy safe antiemetic though as soon as I realized my stomach was sore that morning, then I laid in bed all day. It lasted 14 hrs before I felt better. I know if there had been food in my stomach, I would have v'd for sure.