More than once I have heard of newsbits on tv or on the radio talk about children dying because of dehydration. Most often our kids are put at risk when they are hit by extremely high fever, vomiting or diarrhea that may be caused by a viral infection.
When kids experience frequent vomiting and diarrhea, most of the time they refuse to eat or even drink milk… maybe because they feel sick or mostly they feel that whatever they take will just as easily come out again. My eldest is the most stubborn of my kids. It is very difficult to make him eat or drink anything when he is sick – and that includes water. So I get triple times scared everytime he has an episode of vomiting. My doctor always advises to keep my kid rehydrated with Pedialyte.
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