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Effective medicine for diarrhea and vomiting in ORS children, learn how to make it

New delhi date. 12 August 2020, Wednesday

Oral rehydration salt i.e. ORS can be used to compensate for the deficiency of electrolytes in the body during diarrhea. Children are given a mixture of ORS to maintain the balance of electrolytes in the body in case of diarrhea as well as vomiting and excessive sweating. The World Health Organization also considers ORS to be important for the treatment of diarrhea in children.

Learn how children are given a combination of ORS and what are the benefits?

Benefits of ORS

Children can get diarrhea and vomiting by mixing ORS in clean water. It does not cause dehydration in the body. Children should be given ORS from the onset of diarrhea.

The mixture starts working within a few minutes after drinking. From ORS, the intestines absorb glucose and water along with sodium which keeps the body hydrated.

Children as well as people of all ages can drink a mixture of ORS.

How to make ORS at home

You will find a packet of ORS in the market. Which is very cheap and just needs to be mixed in water and drunk. But if you don't have a packet of ORS at home, you can make one at home. Know, how ...?

Take a liter of clean water and add 30 grams or 6 teaspoons of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt. Now pour this mixture into a bottle and then mix it properly. Give the children little by little.

How to drink ORS mixture

A mixture of ORS is not only easy to make but also very easy to drink. This is the reason why it is recommended to give a mixture of ORS for the treatment of dehydration all over the world. There are some things that need to be taken care of in its intake, such as, ...

- This mixture should be drunk in small sips. Keep drinking a few times a day. No need to worry if vomiting occurs after drinking ORS and this mixture is excreted. After a while you can drink this mixture again.

- Older people should consume maximum amount of ORS in case of diarrhea and vomiting while children up to two years should drink 60 to 125 ml ORS every time they have diarrhea. The dose is 250 ml in children over two years of age.

What is in ORS?

The three ingredients are ORS, a mixture of salt, glucose and water. ORS is given to replenish electrolytes in the body in case of diarrhea, vomiting and excessive sweating. There are three types of salts: sodium chloride or plain salt, trisodium citrate-dehydrate and potassium chloride.

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