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"Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is the giving of fluid by mouth to prevent or to treat dehydration caused by diarrhoea." Diarrhoea is normally a result of infection caused by bacteria or viruses. "The most common organisms that caused dehydration and death worldwide are cholera and rotavirus". ORT is a simple and effective treatment to stop this death.
What else can I help you with?
Does oral rehydration therapy present ethical issues?
No.
What alternatives exist to intravenous rehydration?
For patients who are able to tolerate fluids by mouth, oral rehydration therapy (ORT) with oral rehydration salts (ORS) in solution is the preferred treatment alternative. Another technique in which fluid replacement is injected subcutaneously.
What are the side effects of Oral Rehydration Solution?
what are the side effects of oral rehydration theropy?
What is administered by health care workers to help treat the diarrhea and dehydration common to children suffering from diseases of poverty?
Oral rehydration therapy
What is administered by health care workers to help treat the diarrhea and dehydration common to children suffering from diseases from poverty?
Oral rehydration therapy
What is the fullform of ors?
Oral Rehydration Solution
What is Oral Rehydration Solution?
Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)-- A liquid preparation developed by the World Health Organization that can decrease fluid loss in persons with diarrhea.
Who develped oral rehydration salts?
The World Health Organization
When were oral rehydration salts invented?
The World Health Organization
What is the incubation period for cholera?
The incubation period is 4 to 12 hours after eating and/or drinking the substance with cholera in it. However, death will follow in 18 hours to several days unless oral rehydration therapy is provided.
What treatment do you need for cholera?
administration of oral rehydration salts to replace lost fluids
Why Oral rehydration Solution is called a life saver?
Try dehydrating your body you will understand. ;)
