July 29th is celebrated as Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) Day to highlight the importance and spread the awareness of ORS. As monsoon brings along a deadly disease, diarrhea, the ORS day is perfect day to improve, prevent and control dehydration. Acute diarrhoeal diseases particularly affect infants, children and old people and are one of the leading causes of mortality in infants and young children in many developing countries which is mainly caused by poor sanitation and hygiene. Most people suffering from diarrhoea actually die from severe dehydration and fluid loss from the body.
Restoring the body water level and electrolytes get important and can be achieved with a simple, cost-effective glucose-electrolyte solution Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS). Why is only water not effective to rehydrate the body? Water is absorbed and secreted passively in the human body; based on a principle…
