Jeanie was taken to the er for heat stroke and dehydration. Should she be given it fluids that are hypertonic, isotonic to cytos

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Jeanie was taken to the er for heat stroke and dehydration. Should she be given it fluids that are hypertonic, isotonic to cytos

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amm1812 · Answer 1 · 2021-11-29T00:33:15+03:00

<h3>Answer:</h3>

We will neither give the Hypertonic Solution nor the Isotonic Solution but the patient will be given an Hypotonic Solution.

<h3>Explanation:</h3>

As the patient is taken for heat stroke and has resulted in dehydration so it means that the water content in the cells of the patient has been decreased and the solute content is being increased. Hence, this case is known as <em>Hypertonicity</em>. So, in order to make the concentration of water and solute balance (<em>Isotonicity</em>) on both sides (inside and outside the cells) we should administer an <em>Hypotonic solution</em> into the patient body. Therefore, the higher concentration of solutes in cells will drag the water content from hypotonic solution and gradually the process will attain an isotonic environment.