Clinical observation of infantile diarrhea treated with oral rehydration

Objective: To compare the efficacy of oral rehydration solution(ORS) or rice water on acute infantile diarrhea. Methods: 60 children with acute diarrhea were divided into group A and group B in a randomly study, they all treated by anti-viral and smecta, then group A received ORS and group B received rice water. Results: 93.3% patients of group A have corrected dehydration and 73.3% patients of group B after 24 hours, A stool output diminishing was observed in group B significantly more than group A after 72 hours. Conclusion: The efficacy of correction mild to moderate dehydration with ORS in cases of acute diarrhea have an advantage with traditional rice water,and efficacy of diminish stool times with rice water have preponderance.