Oral rehydration therapy

Oral rehydration therapy

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            Poster's comments:

            Try not to get dehydrated. In other words, drink water or some kind of liquid.

            Memorize the signs of heat problems, like heat stroke, and heat exhaustion. Heat stroke may kill us, and maybe our brains.

            Once one gets cramps for dehydration, it is too late to start taking liquids for immediate relief. I plan on a 4 hour recovery at that point and time. I learned this from having run 17 marathons. In the meantime, start rehydrating as soon as you can.

            I plan on using  Gatorade powder as a quick way to create and use a rehydration mix, be it from exercise, work, or burns. Plus powder usually has a longer shelf life than the liquid version. In all cases, try store it in a cool dark place. And in hard times, be prepared to ignore good times expiration dates, especially if one has stored things in a cool, dark place.

 

            Now in good times, go see your doctor. Now in really hard times here's a manual formula for creating your own rehydration liquid. 
           A basic oral rehydration therapy solution is composed primarily of salt, sugar, and water using a standard ratio.

• 30 ml sugar: 2.5 ml salt : 1 liter water
• 2 tbl. sugar : 0.5 tsp. salt : 1 quart water