Feeling sick - what you can do

If your doctor has given you medicines to help control your nausea you must keep taking them

Nausea means feeling sick

Eating

Drinking

• it's important to drink enough fluids

• don't drink large amounts before or after a meal

• it's better to take a small sips during a meal - a straw may help with this 

You could also try

• nibbling ice lollies

• sipping ginger ale, Lucozade or soda water

• herbal teas like ginger or peppermint

Food that may help

• fruit flavour boiled sweets and mints

• dry toast, crackers or biscuits

• salty foods like crisps, peanuts and savoury biscuits

• ginger foods like ginger biscuits, ginger cake and ginger ale

• milky drinks like milk and milkshakes and nutritional drinks like Complan or Build Up

Other tips

• avoid strong smells as they may start the feeling that you might be sick

• get other people to cook for you if you can

• get plenty of fresh air and avoid stuffy rooms

• eat something as soon as you can after getting up - even if it's something small

• don't brush your teeth straight after eating

• stay upright after eating - don't lie down for 2 hours after eating

• avoid situations where you might feel anxious

• get plenty of sleep

If you need more help

The name of your dietitian

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Contact details

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics,

3rd Floor East, 250 Euston Road,

London NW1 2PG

Phone us on

020 34 47 92 89

084 51 55 50 00 (ask for extension 79289)

Email us at

uclh.dietitiansdept@mhs.net

Website

www.uclh.nhs.uk