DESCRIPTION
When people experience severe diarrhea in particular, their bodies lose a lot of water, and the electrolyte balance of the body also becomes disturbed. In the developing world, one of the leading causes of death, especially among children, is diarrheal diseases. This could easily be prevented by ensuring that patients were properly hydrated. While hydration can be accomplished with intravenous or subcutaneous infusion of fluids, it can also be done by mouth, and offering fluids by mouth is easier that setting up an infusion.Just giving water, however, is not enough, because pure water will not address the loss of salts.