Should you force someone who is ill to eat?!


Question: Should you force someone who is ill to eat.?
I have a stomach virus of sorts. I am barely keeping anything down. My friend says I should force myself and I will feel better. What about drinking nutritional drinks like Ensure.?Health Question & Answer


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You want to stay hydrated, but you can live without food for several days. Seldom will food actually help you feel better unless the major part of the vomiting is over. Never force yourself to eat if you are vomiting as you could choke on the food. Just keep taking in whatever fluids you can keep down.Health Question & Answer

Hi !
Don't force yourself to eat anything but do try to keep liquids in your system...nothing with acid content like apple juice. Gatorade is good because it will replenish the electrolites in your system and help keep you hydrated. If you can try to eat some crackers and when those stay down then you can try to eat other foods. If it goes on for more than a couple of days go to the doctor.
Hope you feel better soon!Health Question & Answer

Ensure would be great, but I don't think it will stay down. The first stuff to stay down is clear liquids..water, broth, jello, Gatorade (petasure is better because it has less sugar). If you can't even keep clear liquids down, go to sleep and try tomorrow, if you still can't it's time to go to the hospital, because you'll be dehydrated.Health Question & Answer

~~No, your body will let you know when it has to have food.

Drink lots of liquids though. You can drink all the chicken and beef broths you want. That is a meal replacement also as well as liquid yogurt if your stomach tolerates it. The yogurt puts good bacteria back into you tummy.

Liquids and sleep are the best cures for a virus. Feel better soon!~~Health Question & Answer

yea i drank ensure but it was soo nasty after about 20 of them bleh
well any way you need at least some thing in that tummy of yours so eat some fruit or soup i really dont know what ever you feel wont make you puke eat it and drink ensureHealth Question & Answer

I don't think forcing yourself to anyting will help you feel better, it seems to me that if anything it will make you feel worst. Maybe your body is asking you to stop eating for a while, so it can put itself together again.Health Question & Answer

ohw don't over do yourself. You need to just easily start out with teas and crackers and stuff that is easy on your stomach you don't want to throw up or anything like thatHealth Question & Answer

Drink Alot

But deff. try and eat.
Maybe like liquid.
So obviously soup. Its easier to keep down

Eat it really slow alsoHealth Question & Answer

Absolutely not.Health Question & Answer

If you are throwing up now you will definitely lose the Ensure. Just water or soups.Health Question & Answer

it'll ensure you to live. you dont eat you starve and you dont get better. try soup or tea. keep hydrated.Health Question & Answer

Nope. Drink gatorade and sprite. Maybe some crackers in a few days.Health Question & Answer

i wouldn't because ur probably just gonna end up throwing it up anyways. i would try to eat what u can and make it healthy. hope u get better!Health Question & Answer

Try saltines, tea, and dry toast. Ginger-Ale and jello can help too.Health Question & Answer

You need to at least get down some water (LOTS OF WATER) and like some toast, thats what my doc told me when i went in with stomach issues. hope this helpsHealth Question & Answer

no its what you want. if you dont want to eat than dont, cause it will make you more sickHealth Question & Answer

alwaysHealth Question & Answer



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