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Check these signs every day, and follow the colour that matches you.
You are on trackKeep to your plan
- Vomiting usually settles within 1 to 2 days, diarrhoea within 5 to 7 days.1
- Your urine is a pale colour: this means you are drinking enough.2
- Drink lots of fluids, such as water. Take small sips if you feel sick.1
- If you lose a lot of fluid, ask a pharmacist for an oral rehydration solution.2
- Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after using the toilet.1,3
See a doctor within 24 hoursSee a doctor within 24 hours
- You keep vomiting and cannot keep fluids down.1
- You have blood in your diarrhoea, or bleeding from your bottom.1,3
- Dark or less urine, dizziness on standing that does not go away, or a fast heartbeat.2
- Diarrhoea for more than 7 days, or vomiting for more than 2 days.1
- Diarrhoea more than 6 times in 24 hours, or a fever above 38.5°C.4
Emergency: get help nowGo to the emergency department now, or call 997
- Vomiting blood, vomit that looks like ground coffee, or green vomit.1
- Sudden, severe tummy pain, or a sudden, severe headache.1
- A stiff neck, with pain when looking at bright lights.1
- Blue, grey, pale or blotchy skin, lips or tongue, or cold skin.2
- Fast or difficult breathing, confusion, or being very sleepy and hard to wake.2
My next appointment
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