Dietary advices to avoid recurrence…

 

         This happened few days back. A college girl and her boyfriend came to Emergency Room. She was having nausea, vomiting with bloating and stomach disturbances. Just to mention she had her periods recently, regular and normal. She had taken food from a street vendor some hours before the onset of symptoms. Most likely diagnosis of an Acute Gastritis was put forward and she was treated accordingly. She got relieved after some time.

While prescribing some oral medications the senior resident told her “Please avoid food from outside. Try to stick to home-made food and purified or boiled water.”

Next question from her boyfriend was “Can she take some ‘Fanta’ now?”

Senior resident “!”