# Vomiting - need help fast. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 13, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718 "2009-02-13T18:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/41 "2009-02-13T21:30:35Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Laughing my ass off about this thread. **mr. jp** , any success? I was going to recommend sticking a toothbrush as far back on your tongue as possible. That always works for me. Doesn’t work on me. Also I happen to know from previous research (ahem), that this approach doesn’t work for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/42 "2009-02-13T21:33:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Is the alternative (searching through your vomitus) any better? And do you really want to put this thing back on your tooth whether it comes out one end or the other? That’s what my friend says too. Come on, I can’t be the only one who thinks faeces are much worse than vomit? And yeah, I kind of have to put it back. It’s expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/43 "2009-02-13T21:34:39Z")
**BusWife:** “What’d you do today hon?” **Me:** Oh, read all about a bunch of Dopers trying to help another one vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/44 "2009-02-13T21:38:22Z")
Watch 2 Girls 1 Cup, Tubgirl, and Lemon Party all at once while downing enough alcohol to put out an elephant for a week. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/45 "2009-02-13T21:38:26Z")
Interesting timing, 'cos the last thing Mrs M needs right this minute is any help in this department. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/46 "2009-02-13T21:41:44Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Is the alternative (searching through your vomitus) any better? And do you really want to put this thing back on your tooth whether it comes out one end or the other? Yes. My husband used to work at a group home and he would always trade poop for vomit duty. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/47 "2009-02-13T21:48:39Z")
Ipecac demonstration, from Family Guy. www. youtube. com/watch?v=aRn5-LQCg2s Link broken because it may not be safe for work, depending on where you work. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/48 "2009-02-13T21:49:06Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > My most spectacular vomiting episode was when I rushed inside all hot and sweaty one fine summer day and grabbed a glass of water Mom had left on the table. > > Except it was hydrogen peroxide, for some reason she used it as a type of barbicide when clipping the pet dog’s hair. > > Barely made it to the kitchen trash to chuck it back up, we’re talking maybe 3 seconds of it being in my stomach before my stomach quite significantly rejected it. You’re lucky that’s all that happened to you. From Wikipedia: Large oral doses of hydrogen peroxide at a 3% concentration may cause “irritation and blistering to the mouth, (which is known as Black Hairy Tongue), throat, and abdomen”. Please, everyone, never try to drink a glass of hydrogen peroxide as an emetic. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/49 "2009-02-13T21:52:45Z")
Stupid salt. Damn Im thirsty now. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/50 "2009-02-13T21:53:56Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > (which is known as Black Hairy Tongue), throat, and abdomen". > > Please, everyone, never try to drink a glass of hydrogen peroxide as an emetic. And please, don’t Google Image Search ‘black hairy tongue.’ On second thought, that could make you puke right there. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/51 "2009-02-13T21:56:01Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > I don’t have a few days! It’s valentines tomorrow. So ask for a rim job. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/52 "2009-02-13T22:00:13Z")
You could just skim through[this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506339). ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/53 "2009-02-13T22:04:40Z")
Monday night I was pretty sick. I had puked once, felt better sort of, then started feeling like I needed to puke again. I was close, gagging a bit and what not but it just would not happen. Whatever was in my stomach wanted to come out but was refusing. I happened to be watching some new MTV show called Nitro Circus where dirtbiker Travis Pastrana and his friends do stupid tricks. They made one guy eat a whole box of powdered donuts. He started to spit up and seeing it grossed me out enough to puke. Success. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/54 "2009-02-13T22:17:08Z")
In summary, what I have learned: - Nothing I can find around the house makes me vomit, except several cloves of garlic. - If I succeed in vomiting it bursts a lot of small capillaries on my forehead and around my eyes. - Vomit is surprisingly gooey. - Be extra careful on Friday the 13th ---
**Author:** ![nancybahrs1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@nancybahrs1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nancybahrs1957)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/55 "2009-02-13T22:22:39Z")
The salt water wil help you poop and I have to agree with you poop is far worse than vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/56 "2009-02-13T22:53:46Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > In summary, what I have learned: > > - Nothing I can find around the house makes me vomit, except several cloves of garlic. > > - If I succeed in vomiting it bursts a lot of small capillaries on my forehead and around my eyes. > > - Vomit is surprisingly gooey. > > - Be extra careful on Friday the 13th Several years back, my wife puked so hard, she got a REALLY bloody nose. It was a lot of fun taking care of her that night. Happily, I don’t think she’s been that drunk since. heheh ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/57 "2009-02-14T00:31:32Z")
Too late for mr.jp but I found trying to drink a glass of water with a tablespoon of bicarb vomit inducing, holding a teaspoon of clove powder in my mouth or chewing on whole cloves (for a DIY toothache treatment) vomit inducing and finally trying to drink a large amount of warm slightly sweetened water - blearrghhh ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/58 "2009-02-14T00:49:17Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > I need to vomit up all the contents of my stomach. How do I do this? > [@mr.jp](#): > > I don’t have a few days! It’s valentines tomorrow. The things a guy will do for a date. . . . ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/59 "2009-02-14T01:21:30Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > - If I succeed in vomiting it bursts a lot of small capillaries on my forehead and around my eyes. If I simply gag hard enough (for example, when visiting the restroom at work at the wrong time of day) I break lots of capilaries on my face. During vomiting attacks, I’ve had capilaries burst on my earlobes. Are you going to keep us updated on the search? ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718/60 "2009-02-14T10:06:53Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Are you going to keep us updated on the search? The tooth has moved on now. So I think I will spare you updates from now on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomiting-need-help-fast/485718.md?page=4)