Question

Rehydration therapy is a must for
a. Diarrhea
b. Cholera
c. Both A and B
d. Diarrhea, Cholera, and Dysentery

Answer 1

Hint: Rehydration therapy is given in the conditions, where there is dehydration, so liquid like water with electrolytes is given, in most of the time it can be given orally and some times, rehydration can be done intravenously by saline solutions.

Complete answer:
- Rehydration means the replacement of lost fluids in case of dehydration, especially in diarrhea.
- Replacement of liquids includes the water with a modest amount of sugar and salts, in order to replace the sodium and potassium.
- In most of the cases, rehydration therapy starts orally, and oral rehydration salts can be given through a nasogastric tube also.
- Oral rehydration therapy decreases the degree of death by up to 93% in diarrhea cases.
- Therapy should include the replacement of zinc supplements also.
- Sometimes, there will be side effects like an increase in potassium and sodium, and vomiting. In the case of vomiting, therapy should stop for 10 minutes and can continue.
- As In the above-given options, Cholera is a disease where there is an infection of the small intestine is seen, and people infected with cholera will have loose or liquid bowel movements severely, so rehydration therapy is a must and should and it helps to a patient to save from severe dehydration by loose motions, where there is severe loss of water and electrolytes from the body.
- Diarrhea is at least 3 liquid bowel movements in a day, and there is the loss of body fluids in this condition, oral rehydration therapy will be very helpful and can be used.
- Dysentery is an infectious disease, where there are symptoms of liquid bowel movements and severe stomach ache, so it is very important to have rehydration therapy, in this condition.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: Rehydration therapy is there from many years, and the practice of oral rehydration therapy is from 1940 and it came into existence in 1970, and it is the list of emergency medicine in the website of the world health organization, so many children up to 43% are saved by rehydration therapy during diarrhea.