Editor's note: This article originally appeared on UNC Health Talk. Vomiting is part of life—unfortunately—but that doesn’t make it any easier to watch your child throw up. You just want to make it ...

Q. How should I manage a stomach virus? Whenever one of my children vomits, I never know whether to go to the pediatrician or to simply “weather the storm” at home? A stomach virus ,or gastroenteritis ...