1 Indications for use Regidron

It is taken with a rapid loss of body fluids. This condition can occur:

• when vomiting, if the child is poisoned or sick;
• with diarrhea, the cause may be intestinal or viral infection;
• for poisoning, intoxication of the organism is possible due to poor or incompatible food and a number of other reasons;
• with thermal shock;
• at elevated temperature with heavy sweating.

Vomiting, high fever, diarrhea lead to dehydration. The organism of young children very quickly reacts to this phenomenon. The liquid, leaving the tissues, dehydrates the body. This is very risky, since a loss of 25% of water can lead to death. A dehydrated organism, in which toxic substances are present, first destroys the kidneys, since in order to remove poisons, water is needed.

When vomiting, the body loses substances that play a vital role for a person. These are potassium, sodium, chlorine, calcium and magnesium. It is very important for strong vomiting, start giving drinks - Regidron. It is not so much a dangerous cause that caused vomiting, how much dehydration.

Regidron is sold in bags, which are designed for 1 liter of water. But children are prepared a weak solution, so that there is no overdose of potassium and sodium. You can take a pint of water for 1 liter of powder. Dissolve it in boiled chilled water. To stir thoroughly. Do not add other components to the water to improve the taste, and do not use the solution after 24 hours.

After vomiting, wait 10-15 minutes after the attack, then water the baby. With diarrhea - you can wait 5 minutes.

To drink a child with continuous vomiting is difficult, but you need to be patient and with tea spoons every 10 minutes to pour liquid into the baby's mouth. Why should I drink so? Because a large amount of fluid poured into the stomach can again provoke vomiting. It is important that the temperature of the solution corresponds to body temperature: this is to ensure that the drug can be absorbed into the walls of the stomach.

Calculation is carried out from 30-50 ml( 2-3 items of l.) Per 1 kg of the child's weight. This dose should adhere to the first 10 hours, but with a positive dynamics - you can reduce to 10 ml per 1 kg of weight.

For babies who are breastfeeding, do not stop breastfeeding during rehydration. Is there enough of one rehydrone for poisoning and diarrhea?

It is important to understand that drinking is the first aid that parents give to a child. Even a loss of 1/10 of the fluid threatens serious complications.

Vomiting is the body's response to an infection or other cause. Therefore, with continued vomiting, diarrhea with fever, you should immediately call for honey.point, and even better immediately to the infectious disease department of the hospital, where the child will be provided with qualified care. Combine Regidron with other medicines can not, because it can affect other drugs.

It is necessary to monitor the volume of the drug taken so that there is no overdose. It should be understood that this is not a panacea for vomiting and diarrhea, but chemical substances that are lacking in the body, gone together with excess fluid. And if they come in more than the available water in the body, there will be an excess of "chemistry", which is fraught with complications.

Symptoms of overdose are as follows:

• dizziness, weakness, drowsiness, loss of consciousness;
• from the side of the nervous system - muscle cramps;
• weakness in muscles;
• termination of urination;
• severe abdominal pain;
• loose stool with blood impurities;
• increase in temperature.

If there is any reaction, you need to stop taking Regidron and urgently call a doctor.

2 The effect of

therapy Regidron in children's poisoning performs the following functions:

• restores the water-electrolyte balance in the body;
• restores the level of salts;
• normalizes the acid-alkaline environment of the body.

How to apply Regidron for children with diarrhea and vomiting? As part of Regidron there were some changes - the manufacturer increased the amount of sodium in the powder.

For this reason, pediatricians in the appointment of Regidron are advised to dilute it with plenty of water.

Contraindications for the drug include the presence of diabetes, kidney disease, intestinal obstruction, high content of potassium in the blood.

3 Than to replace a medicine in house conditions?

It may happen that there is not a drug Regidron at hand. Doctors advise in this case, at home, to prepare an analogue of Regidron independently. In 1 cup of warm boiled water should be added to 1 tsp.salt and sugar. Breastfeeding for 0.5 tsp. The substitute of Regidron can be compote, cooked from raisins, or unsweetened green tea.

The reasons that can cause vomiting are many. To have at hand Regirdron, when the house has a child - this is correct. But the first thing you need to determine the cause, which provokes vomiting. It can occur only once, after which the condition of the child will begin to improve. In this case, it is not necessary to give birth to a child with Regidron. But if the vomiting is multiple and occurs frequently( within 2 hours reaches up to 5 times), it is appropriate in the form of first aid to start giving the baby Regidron to avoid dehydration.

If the condition after vomiting in the baby is satisfactory, you can wait and try to restore the body with abundant drinking and rehydration therapy. But at the slightest doubt, it is better to see a doctor.

If vomiting is accompanied by diarrhea and high fever, then it is an infection in the body. It is risky to treat such a patient at home. Vomiting in the child can also provoke an attack of appendicitis. In this case, treating a child with a copious drink is dangerous for life.

After stopping vomiting, the baby may have an appetite. It must be remembered that the stomach and intestines that have suffered stress are not restored immediately. Therefore, the child should be kept for several days on a diet, excluding from the diet sweet and fatty foods. Instead, feed should be porridge, soup-puree, unsweet compote and baked apples.