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Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea. [1] It involves drinking water with modest amounts of sugar and salts, specifically sodium and potassium. [1]
Fluid replacement or fluid resuscitation is the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lost through sweating, bleeding, fluid shifts or other pathologic processes. . Fluids can be replaced with oral rehydration therapy (drinking), intravenous therapy, rectally such as with a Murphy drip, or by hypodermoclysis, the direct injection of fluid into the subcutaneous tis
Dolhun tested oral rehydration therapy mixtures of sugars and salts on his patients at his private practice, Dolhun Clinic, in San Francisco, California. [2] [3] DripDrop received US Patent #8557301 in 2013. [8] Funding rounds raised $3 million in August 2013 [9] [3] and $5.6 million in August 2014. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Dehydration has more extreme symptoms. Gervacio says this can include rapid heartbeat, low blood pressure, dry skin, little or no urine, very dark-colored urine, weakness and being extremely thirsty.
Dehydration can occur as a result of diarrhea, vomiting, water scarcity, physical activity, and alcohol consumption. Management of dehydration (or rehydration) seeks to reverse dehydration by replenishing the lost water and electrolytes. Water and electrolytes can be given through a number of routes, including oral, intravenous, and rectal.
Despite this Mahalanabis's treatment was met with skepticism from the scientific community with many journals refusing to publish his original paper, it would take 7 more years for oral rehydration therapy to be accepted as a good treatment for dehydration from diarrhea and other diseases. [13] He never patented his ORS formula.
It also helps prevent dehydration, which can cause constipation, kidney stones, overheating, mood changes and unclear thinking, according to the CDC.
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