{"id":523,"date":"2015-08-18T14:32:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T09:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/articles.1mg.com\/?p=523"},"modified":"2018-07-19T14:50:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T09:20:45","slug":"how-to-prevent-dehydration%ef%bb%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/how-to-prevent-dehydration%ef%bb%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips to Prevent Dehydration in Diarrhea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drinking-water-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-524\" title=\"10 tips to prevent dehydration in diarrhea\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drinking-water-2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Woman drinkig water to prevent dehydration\" width=\"623\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>By Dr Sugandh Garg<\/h4>\n<p>When you are sick with diarrhea you lose fluids and salts from the body at a fast\u00a0pace, so it is important to take as much fluids as possible.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start ORS (Oral rehydration solution) which is rich in salts and glucose. It is effective in controlling dehydration as it restores both the water and the electrolytes<\/li>\n<li>You can make a rehydration solution at home. Mix \u00bd teaspoon of salt with five teaspoons of sugar. Add this to one liter of boiled water. You can add lemon, honey or orange juice to give this solution flavor<\/li>\n<li>The solution once prepared must be consumed within 24 hours<\/li>\n<li>Take 150-200 ml of fluids after each loose stool<\/li>\n<li>Have<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/dehydrated-5-hydrating-drinks-other-than-water-that-you-must-try\/\"> potassium rich foods <\/a>like coconut water, oranges, strawberries, grapes, or pineapples<\/li>\n<li>Take soft easy to digest food like khichdi, rice, curd, daal or banana<\/li>\n<li>Have the BRAT diet ( Banana, rice, apple, toast) as it is low in fiber<\/li>\n<li>Avoid alcohol, caffeine, sugary drinks and spicy foods<\/li>\n<li>Diarrhea is generally a self-limiting disease if it is viral in nature, but once it is accompanied with fever, blood and mucus, you should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/doctors\">consult a doctor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stay safe by practicing hand hygiene and having clean drinking water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-524 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/1mgarticles.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/drinking-water.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"10 tips to prevent dehydration in diarrhea\" title=\"10 tips to prevent dehydration in diarrhea\" width=\"623\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[407,409,114,116,408,406],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eat-well","tag-diarrhoea","tag-diarrhoea-associated-with-antibiotics","tag-gastro-intestinal","tag-gastrointestinal-disorders","tag-infectious-diarrhoea","tag-stomach-care"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Tips to Prevent Dehydration in Diarrhea - Tata 1mg Capsules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you are sick with diarrhea you lose fluids and salts from the body at a fast pace. 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