Rehydration
Fluid replenishment to someone who is dehydrated.
Dr. Dean Giannone reviewed this
27 year experience in Internal Medicine
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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 29-year old asked:
What are oral rehydration salts?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is there any drink that is best for rehydration?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is there any danger in drinking rehydration salts every day?
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 32-year old asked:
When is oral rehydration therapy used to treat diarrhea?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is it safe to take oral rehydration tablet for this heat if pregnant?
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A 36-year old asked:
How to get oral rehydration solution without sugar for diarrhea?
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A 45-year old male asked:
My son (11m old) had Tonsillitis the weekend of the 28th Nov which was sorted with antibiotics. He now has had diarrhoea for 3 days. We are giving him Pectrolyte sparingly as well as a pro-biotic and rehydration. Is there anything else we should do?
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