Drinks for vomiting & diarrhea in child

Photo:  A solution for vomiting & diarrhea 

        　    ( Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory , Inc.  )     

Photo:  It's components .

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Oral rehydration solution

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Oral Rehydration Solution(ORS) was first developed for 

infant diarrhea in developing countries.  

  see → http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy#cite_note-14

The key point is  that absorption of water in intestine is 

associated with Na and glucose.

               Na          K            Cl       citric acid   glucose  (mmol/L)

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WHO    75~90 --   20        65~80       10              75~111      

-ORS 

OS-1       50   -      20          50           0                100

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Any questions:  write to Keiji Hagiwara, MD                          

                             keijihagiwara@gmail.com