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Severe dehydration can be treated using intravenous administration of a saline solution. This helps to replace water lost from the body, as well as to restore salt concentrations to normal levels within body fluids.

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Severe dehydration can be treated using intravenous administration of a saline solution. This helps to replace water lost from the body, as well as to restore salt concentrations to normal levels within body fluids.

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