ORS– In this article you will find about the benefits of salt sugar water solution and how to prepare it at home.
ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution)
ORS- salt sugar water solution is a remedy for dehydration in the body. When sodium is added to glucose and mixed with a certain amount of water, the body absorbs it immediately. This does not cause dehydration.
World Health Organization – WHO
In 1970, during the war in Bangladesh, women and children were kept in camps. But because there was no water supply, everyone got cholera.
During that period drugs for cholera are given by injection and glucose. Then Calcutta-based Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis suggested giving a salt and sugar solution to cholera patients.
Accordingly many were cured after giving it.Following this research was conducted in 1971-1972. In 1978, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that this solution be taken by people suffering from diarrhea. Accordingly since then till today lakhs of people have been saved by ORS solution.
ORS-When to give?
Salt and sugar solution can be given to prevent water deficiency in people who have diarrhea and vomiting and ORS can be taken to prevent dehydration during summer.
Who can take it?
Everyone from children to adults can take it. People with kidney problems should consult a doctor.
ORS-Preparation Method:
Boil a liter of water and let it cool and take a packet of ORS in it, adults can take 1-2 drops after every diarrhea.
For children take 50 ml per five kg body weight. That is, if a child weighs 10 kg, 100 ml should be given. In case of vomiting, after 15 minutes, give a small amount in a spoon.
How to prepare ORS at home:
Mix six spoons of sugar and half a spoon of salt in one liter of boiled and cooled water to prepare salt sugar water solution.
ORS side effects:
It does not cause any side effects if properly prepared and consumed, but some people take a little ORS mixed with a glass of water according to their taste. Taking it like this can cause salt deficiency in the body.
Dehydration can even lead to death. It happens especially to children, to avoid this we should take care not to get dehydrated in our body.
That too in these summers it is good to take a tumbler of ORS when leaving home and after coming home.
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