Causes
Nausea is very common, often going along with many illnesses, and sometimes with motion sickness. Your younger child might not be able to tell you that he feels like vomiting, but might look pale and unwell.
Sometimes nausea happens by itself, but sometimes your child might actually vomit. Nausea most commonly happens with simple viral illnesses.
When to see your doctor
Nausea is very occasionally associated with conditions of the head or brain. See your doctor immediately if your child has nausea and also has:
- vomiting
-
headache
- blurred vision
- confusion and drowsiness
- recent head trauma.
Treatment
Make sure your child avoids fatty foods or heavy meals. Instead, encourage her to have lots of small drinks and bland foods, such as dry biscuits.
Keep treatments for nausea simple – medicines to prevent nausea rarely work in young children, and can have very unpleasant side effects.
If your child is in hospital with an illness and has nausea, strong and effective medicines given through a drip can help.
