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Rehydration solution
Dehydration is often the biggest danger from both vomiting and diarrhea. If babies aren't able to keep down breast milk or formula, an oral rehydration solution can help replace lost fluids and electrolytes.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 53-year old asked:
Is it safe to take oral rehydration solution without a doctor's prescription?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Would you recommend an oral rehydration solution such as Pedialyte over bottled water for a 27 y/o male with an ileal pouch (post Ulcerative Colitis)?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Does oral rehydration solution help in replacing lost nutrients from heavy periods from harmonal inbalance and intramural fibriod?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Does oral rehydration solution help to replace lost nutrients from heavy periods? intramural fibroid 5cm? is my bleeding due to low progesterone/fib?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is there any drink that is best for rehydration?
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A 30-year old asked:
How can alcohol and caffiene hurt the body for rehydration?
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A member asked:
Which IV fluid terapies would be the priorty for rehydration & why? Normal saline or gelofusion ?
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A 29-year old asked:
What are oral rehydration salts?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is there any danger in drinking rehydration salts every day?
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A 34-year old asked:
How effective is rehydration for treating hepatitis A?
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A 54-year old male asked:
Is it ok to give 6 yrs old gatorade instead of ORS for rehydration?
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A 40-year old asked:
How important is rehydration and to recovering quickly after a workout?
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A 36-year old asked:
Why is oral rehydration therapy important for severe burns?
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A 43-year old asked:
Will oral rehydration help improve tiredness and weakness during the summer.?
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A 49-year old asked:
Can fowl cholera be treated by oral rehydration slts?
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A 39-year old asked:
How effective is oral rehydration therapy for treating dysentery?
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A 32-year old asked:
How does oral rehydration therapy help recovering after gastroenteritis?
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A 51-year old male asked:
Can Charcoal capsules be taken for diarreha( no vomiting) from food piosoning and if so should Oral rehydration be used before Charcoal Capsules?
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A 27-year old male asked:
How come oral rehydration drinks dont contain magnesium and calcium? Is this not lost in vomiting and dihorrea?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can chronic dehydration cause chronic hives (physical urticaria) since water directly affects histamine production in the blood? Rehydration cure it?
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A 32-year old male asked:
My ct scan said i had trace of free fluid in pelvis secondary to aggressive rehydration. What does that mean?
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A 50-year old male asked:
Does heat exhaustion cause headaches and a faster pulse and heart rate (resting 90hpm - usually 65) the day after the episode? I fainted from being in the heat too long yesterday, and was ok after an hour of rest and rehydration?
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A 29-year old female asked:
20 month old with vomiting for 9 hours now, bile. Won't eat anything or take any oral rehydration, still breastfeeding. Quite lethargic. HR 144bpm. Temp 37,3. When do I take her to ER? All docs closed as its Sunday?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Is it possible to tell whether you have acute kidney failure from symptoms alone(e.g. no urine, arrhythmia, hypotension, kidney pain)? Should I stop all meds or just NSAID? Can rehydration reverse the damage from acute kidney failure?
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A 43-year old male asked:
15 days after metabollic panel test shown blood ph 7.49 ..anion gap 18.4(nrml 21-28) uric acid 7.4... took ORS rehydration salts.felt decreased urination..1 hr after having whole pkt in 10 hrs..urinated yellow urine 2 times..then normal colour urine?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Hypotension(88/50), bradycardia(46bpm), epigastric/upper back pain for 5d. Body temp 2 degrees lower than normal baseline. Feeling cold and tired.On bentyl, protonix, zantac, IV rehydration. No vomiting, bleeding, fever. Is it drug or pain reaction?
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A 36-year old asked:
How to get oral rehydration solution without sugar for diarrhea?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell if it is proper take oral rehydration solution to manage frequent loose motion for a patient taking high blood pressure controlling medicine ?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can you explain if it's proper take oral rehydration solution to manage frequent loose motion for a patient taking high blood pressure controlling medicine ?
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How does clovacaine solution work?
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