White foam vomit

[DOG 0]

I haven't slept in two days. I had my Surgery on the 12-29-10. I am fine during the day except it is so painful to swallow. How do I stop puking the volcano of white foam? Thanks!!!

[CheckYes 46]

I'm wondering if your doctor put Fluid in your band at the time of surgery. Seems like some people who have this problem swallowing already have fluid. Call your doctor and let them know what is going on.

[stargate713 0]

The pain of swallowing maybe from the ET tube put in your throat for anesthesia, but you should NOT be vomiting post-op. Call your surgeon

[DOG 0]

Its not exactly vomit it is coughing up white foam. I read some where to drink warm fluids.

Can't find anymore info. Any sites you can suggest?

[cheryl2586 3,053]

Your throat is sore because of the tube they put down. If you are vomiting anything call your surgeon lap band patients should never vomit ever. It can make your band dislodge you are too new post op for it to adhere to your stomach

[koreabandster 1]

This happens to me on occasion when I've had a fill that is too tight and I've been vomiting liquids. I think this causes the stomach to swell and vomiting causes saliva to foam up in the stomach.

It happened to me about 1 week post op (smoothie was to blame) and then on two occasions after fills.

The best thing I've found for it is to let the stomach rest which meant that I didn't attempt to have any fluids for 12-15 hours as the foam needed to drain. If you're still having problems after that you need to go back to your doctor to have some Fluid removed from your band.

I haven't heard of this happening to anyone else so I don't think it's a common problem.

Hope this helps

[Melissannde 41]

Its not exactly vomit it is coughing up white foam. I read some where to drink warm fluids.

Can't find anymore info. Any sites you can suggest?

I'd still call my doctor, even if it's just "coughing up", it's too soon after surgery for this to be going on. They have someone on call (or should have) for such issues. Very likely they can give you advice over the phone.

Take very good care of yourself post-op, don't try to macho it out. A little TLC now will pay off big in the long run.

[Bell1138 1]

The same thing happen to me, and I couldn't keep any Fluid down. I was constantly puking white foam. After two days of this the doctor told me to go to the emergency room, when he arrived he checked the band, there was 2cc of fluid left in the band during surgery. He was very upset because he says that his surgical staff always needs to check that the band is empty when they are placing the band. After he removed the 2ccs, I instantly felt better. The swelling and the 2cc's of fluid were causing to much restriction.