A combination of electrolytes (salts) and carbohydrates (sugar) mixed in water is known as oral rehydration salts, or ORS They serve to replenish salts & fluids that the body loses due to vomiting, diarrhea, or gastroenteritisrelated dehydration
Magnesium relaxes muscles, calcium causes muscular contraction, potassium controls muscle cramping and aids in brain-muscle communication, sodium keeps fluid balance, chlorine helps transfer nerve impulses and regulate fluid entering and leaving cells, and calcium initiates muscle contraction.
Dehydration- It is a condition where the body loses its Electrolytes and Fluids and becomes dehydrated which cab be caused by illness, sweating, or inadequate intake.
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