electrolytes

General Anesthesia Safe For Children On Ketogenic Diet Suffering From Epilepsy

...ccording to the report, with careful monitoring of electrolytes and PH, general anesthesia can be administered to children on a ketogenic diet. A diet with high fat and low carbohydrates and proteins, causing ketosis is called a ketogenic diet . With very few reports published on the issue, Dr. Ignacio Valenc...

Deadly Diarrhoea Vaccine – Trail Results Promising

... Medindia on Diarrhoea: Replacement of fluids and electrolytes (salts and minerals) lost due to diarrhoea is the main aim. Self-treatment includes avoiding dehydration by drinking lots of electrolyte solutions that are available in all pharmacies and are dispensed without a prescription. More on Medindia: ...

Diuretics may decrease electrolytes level

...d for preventing strokes have been found to reduce electrolytes sodium and potassium which may cause low blood pre...of them had their recommended sodium and potassium electrolytes level and 6,400 of the study recruits had low levels of electrolytes. The study has been reported i...

Chocolate milk may Be Good For Athletes

... supply those carbohydrates, as well as fluids and electrolytes lost through sweat. More recent research suggests that adding protein to the mix may further hasten recovery, reported health portal WebMD. The new study, published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism counter the ...

WHO, UNICEF Issue New Guidelines For Oral Rehydration Salts

...acute diarrhea and replenishing the fast-depleting electrolytes and fluids. WHO is the only organization that has standardized the formula for ORS and keeps updating it constantly. WHO and UNICEF jointly issued the new guidelines. WHO and UNICEF will help national authorities in the adoption of these new recommen...

Messy Diapers May be Sign of Severe Intestinal Infection

...to their care. “Children quickly lose fluids and electrolytes during bouts of diarrhea and vomiting, and when th...given breast milk, formula, or products containing electrolytes that are specifically made for infants, such as Pedialyte. However, unlike older children and adults...

Study on Timing of Spinal Surgery

...including apoptosis, or programmed cell death – as electrolytes like calcium and sodium become out of balance. This secondary cascade of spinal cord injury, he says, can be reduced. “There’s not much we can do about the initial injury that’s already occurred,” he says. “But how we handle the secondary injury ma...

Hope For Bedwetting Children

...t, our bodies reduce the amount of excreted water, electrolytes and other metabolic end products in preparation for hours of sleep. We are not born with this circadian rhythm, but it usually develops in early childhood. Some children take longer to develop this rhythm, which is why about 15% of enuretic childre...

Sports-Formulated Jelly Beans Just as Effective as Sports Drinks

...23 and 45. Sports-formulated jelly beans contain electrolytes and vitamins that standard jelly beans do not. Although a variety of factors contribute to fatigue during prolonged exercise, it is believed that low blood glucose levels can play a role. After one hour of intense exercise, the amount of stored car...

Party Over –now Its How to Get Ove’ the Hangove!

...y marketed for athletes as it helps to replace the electrolytes and minerals that are lost along with frequent urination. Fruit juices that are not acidic are also helpful to counter the low sugar levels in the blood, and helps to counter the light headed feeling. If you don't feel like drinking water, then spo...