If you suspect that she's even slightly dehydrated, as indicated by fewer than normal wet diapers, a sunken soft - spot on her head, irritability and dry mouth and lips, it's important to contact your pediatrician immediately so she can recommend
an appropriate oral rehydration solution if necessary.
Not exact matches
The Program for
Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) informs us that the ORS tablet (Servidrat
oral rehydration salts) is manufactured by Ciba - Geigy.
Thousands of deaths could be averted through a combined prevention and treatment strategy — interventions such as improved mother and child nutrition, optimal breastfeeding practices;
Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT]; new low - osmolarity formulations of ORS; incorporating rotavirus vaccines; zinc supplementation during diarrhoea episodes; immunizing all children against measles;
appropriate drug therapy; increased access to safe clean water and sanitation facilities and improved personal and domestic hygiene, including keeping food and water clean and washing hands before touching food.
Can the risk of persistent diarrhoea be reduced by
appropriate feeding and the use of cereal - based
oral rehydration solutions, rather than standard ORS, during acute diarrhoea?