Regidron for children

With vomiting in a child, high fever or frequent loose stools, the risk of dehydration increases. This condition is life threatening, especially if the child is very small, and the symptoms are very pronounced. With the loss of about 10% of the fluid from the tissues, serious changes are already beginning in them, and the loss of 25% of the fluid causes a lethal outcome. To avoid such consequences, it is important to replenish lost fluid in time. Most often, the drug Regidron is used for this. What is this remedy and when is it used?

Rehydron is prescribed in situations where it is necessary to restore the water balance:

• In acute intestinal infections, as soon as the child has had bouts of vomiting or loose stools.
• With increased physical exertion, in order to replenish the minerals and water lost during heavy sweating.
• In cases of heat injury, when the child has lost a lot of water from sweat.
• When food poisoning.

In the preparation Regidron there are such components:

After ingestion, salts in Regidron supplement the electrolytes lost due to vomiting, diarrhea or sweating. This normalizes the blood condition and returns the acid-base balance to it. Due to the content in the dextrose salt salts are absorbed faster and the body receives energy.

Contraindications to the use of this medication are an excess of potassium, renal failure, diabetes. It is impossible to give a solution in case of individual intolerance of its components, as well as in case of impairment of consciousness.

The drug is produced in the form of powder, placed in portion bags. One sachet means diluted in one liter of water, which must be boiled. It is advisable to make her temperature close to the temperature of the child’s body so that the product can be absorbed faster.

Rehydron diluted in water is recommended to start with 5 ml, especially if the child is constantly vomiting. So small portions of medication will not provoke another attack.It is necessary to give in a spoon a means every 10 minutes, gradually increasing a single portion to 10 ml, then to 15 ml and more.

Not so long ago, Regidron was prescribed to babies from birth, but recently, when new rehydration drugs appeared, pediatricians spoke about the danger of high sodium content in the finished solution of this medicine. In infancy, it is recommended to pay attention to safer analogues, for example, Humana Electrolyte or Touring. However, if the situation is critical, and to restore the balance of water and electrolytes is required quickly, Regidron will cope with this faster than other means.

The drink prepared from Regidron is allowed to be stored in the refrigerator by placing it in the main compartment. In this case, the diluted powder must be used within 24 hours. If after a day the solution is still there, you will have to pour it out and prepare a new batch.

When frozen, the drug does not lose its properties, and since the cold reduces the severity of the gag reflex, there are recommendations to give Regidron frozen. Mom can prepare a solution, make tiny ice cubes of it and give after an attack of vomiting. In this form, it is easier to give the child a remedy. In addition, the remedy will enter the stomach, while a warm solution would cause another vomiting episode. But, of course, it is possible to give saline in this way only to children who already eat solid food.

It is possible to prepare a solution for the replacement of salts and water, and not from pharmacies, but independently from the ingredients that are in any home. In a liter of water dissolve from 20 to 30 grams of sugar and about 3 grams of salt.

• It is impossible to add other components to the diluted Regidron, since this will affect the osmolarity of the agent.
• If a baby up to a year refuses to drink the product from a spoon, pour it into the mouth of the baby with a pipette or syringe without a needle.
• Before you give your child another drink, be sure to mix the Rehydron solution.