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

Question

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

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Answer 1

False premise. Drinking salt water doesn’t *necessarily* dehydrate the body. It’s just that to avoid that particular effect, you have to drink much smaller quantities *at a time*, more consistently over long periods of time.