BRAINCAKEOral Rehydration Therapy
Diseases like typhoid or cholera infect the intestines and cause diarrhoea.
The frequent production of watery faeces results in excessive fluid being lost from the body as not enough water is reabsorbed by the large intestine.
This can lead to death, especially in the very young.
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Key terms in this lesson
- water potential
- The pressure created by water molecules, a measure of the tendency of water to move out of a solution; pure water has a water potential of zero and solutes make it more negative.
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