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Regarding the dehydration work see: > Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to di
by throw0101a 2y ago
Regarding the dehydration work see:
> 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] Oral rehydration therapy can also be given by a nasogastric tube.[1] Therapy can include the use of zinc supplements to reduce the duration of diarrhea in infants and children under the age of 5.[1] Use of oral rehydration therapy has been estimated to decrease the risk of death from diarrhea by up to 93%.[2]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy
- emmelaich 2y agoORT seems to have been developed in the mid 1960s, around the same time as Gatorade. I wonder how much one informed the other.
- throw0101d 2y ago* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatorade#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatorade#Origin
- emmelaich 2y agoYep, I read that. But what particularly is relevant to Richard Cash?
- myworkinisgood 2y agoIf you read the article, you'll see the knowledge of electrolytes to prevent dehydration was commonly know. The more difficult part was to get it in a form that is cheap enough and robust enough to be able to distribute in distant, hot parts of Indian subcontinent.
- Suppafly 2y agoWhat happens after age 5 that zinc no longer helps?