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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Normal saline is 0.9% sodium chloride.

That’s 9 grams of NaCl in one liter of water. This is isotonic to your blood.

Sea water has ~35 grams per liter, almost 4 times as much.

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