Cycling Vomiting Syndrome
Extortion (sports) on empty stomach
Food poisoning (salmonella, E.Coli …)·
Gastrointestinal Obstruction
Labyrinthitis (ear infection)
Medication (Antibiotics, opioids)
Motion sickness (cars, buses, boats, planes …)
Hand (Back of hand/Palm) to mouth
Nausea/Queasiness/Feeling sick
Paleness/Ashen, green or grey face
Reacting to stimulants (sight/smell/taste of food e.g)
Salivia builds up/Mouth waters
Gagging/Retching/Heaving/Wretching
Vomit hitting water/receptacle
(No) Remnants of previous food
Color (Brown/Depends on previous food) of sick
Liquidly/Chunky/Thick sick
Vomit/Sick/Throw up splattering on floor
Burning in mouth/throat/nose
Choking/Feeling like there is no air
Curling up into themselves/into caretaker
Hot vomit/bile/stomach contents
Liquidly/Chunky/Thick sick
Stomach contracting/Rolling/Gurgling
Stomach contents sloshing around
Torrent/Wave/Spray/Mouthfuls of sick coming up
Vomit gushing/rushing out of mouth (+nose)/up their throat
Vomit seeping through fingers
Blurry vision (from tears)
Changing clothes/Cleaning
Falling/Slumping forwards against toilet/bucket
Lost/Rough voice/Pain in throat
Resting head on toilet seat
Staying hunched over – not sure if gonna be sick again
What the caretaker can do:
Call for help (another caretaker/medical)
Hold bucket/trash bin/other receptacle
Holding back hair (strands/at the neck)/fringe
Make sickie blow their nose
Make sickie drink to replenish lost fluids
Make sickie lay down (on their side/on caretaker’s lap)
Make sickie take medication/temperature
Soothe sickie (don’t hold it in, you will feel better after …)
Headache/Dehydration headache
Inability to keep anything down
Paleness/Grey, green or ashen face
Being in public/situation they can’t escape from
Caretaker finding sickie on bathroom floor
Carrying a bucket around wherever sickie goes
Clutching a bucket/bin/plastic bag/toilet so hard their knuckles turn white
Cramps so bad sickie can’t move
Curling up on bathroom floor
Eating something despite knowing they are allergic to it
Eating something without realizing they are allergic to it
Feeling sick all day without relief
Getting admitted to hospital
Inability to keep anything down
Movie marathon as distraction
Multiple sickies (+ not enough bathrooms)
Throwing up in (empty/full) trash bin
Throwing up on something/someone
Throwing up the medication/pills
Throwing up what they just ate/drank
Unable to make it to bathroom
Waking up sick in the middle of the night