How to rehydrate during gastro, diarrhea and vomiting? Your doctor or pharmacist has already advised you to drink plenty of water when you have suffered from gastrointestinal illness. Indeed, the latter can cause diarrhea and vomiting, having consequences on your level of hydration. In this ar...

What tips to fight against the heat and the heat wave this summer? During the summer period, in France, like other countries, is often subject to heat waves or even heat waves, which can affect all regions and put our body to the test. Indeed, the human body is homeothermic, that is to say tha...

How to prevent night cramps? Has a sudden, intense and painful contraction in your leg ever woken you up in the middle of the night? Have you had what is called a night cramp which causes an unpleasant and painful sensation and you want it to pass as soon as possible? We will see in this articl...

What is an isotonic drink ? A drink is said to be isotonic when it contains the same concentration of particles as blood. The osmolarity being between 270 and 330 mOsml/Litre. It is recalled that the osmolarity is the concentration of the active particles contained in a solution expressed in...

Intracellular, extracellular and generalized dehydration Dehydration is the result of a loss of salt and isotonic water to plasma, not compensated by intake. The appearance of dehydration results from the conjunction of two types of phenomena: the first is an excessive loss of renal water li...

What to drink in case of diarrhea and / or gastro? Gastroenteritis and diarrhea are disorders well known to young and old. Every year, France is affected by a gastro epidemic, due to the more intense spread of the viruses that cause it. This disease causes diarrhea which is a direct symptom b...