What is Oral Rehydration Therapy?

Celestepecks03 Aug, 2021Health

The giving of fluid by mouth to prevent and/or correct the dehydration that is a result of diarrhea is called?Oral Rehydration Therapy(ORT). Treatment using home remedies to prevent dehydration must be started as soon as diarrhea begins. In spite of this dehydration does occur or if children or adults have not been given extra drinks then they must be treated with a special drink made with oral rehydration salts(ORS).