If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration?

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If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration?

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Answer 1

Your body uses salt to move water around the body, it can’t move water without salt. So, you need a little salt to help your body get water where it needs to go, but too much salt and your body loses the ability to control water again because it sticks with the massive piles of salt instead of going through your body following the tiny amounts of salt your body can move