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Treatment of Dehydration

  • Dehydration is best treated by fluid intake.
  • Drinking water will re-hydrate the body and isotonic drinks will replace lost salt and essential minerals.
  • Fluid can also be given by a naso-gastric tube (up the nose) or saline drip (infusion into a vein).

Babies, infants and elderly people need urgent treatment if they are dehydrated.