Oral rehydration therapy
- Created by: Sophie Gibbons
- Created on: 07-01-13 11:15
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- Oral rehydration therapy
- What it is
- Used to tread diarrhoeal diseases
- What causes diarrhoea
- Damage to epithelial cells lining the intestine
- Loss of microvilli due to toxins
- Excessive secretion of water due to a toxin
- What it is
- Glucose - stimulate uptake of sodium ions and provide energy
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