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ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients in the hospital for dehydration or nausea are only about half as likely to get IV fluids. Researcher says that’s because flooding from Hurricane Helene damaged a plant ...

Fortunately, it is possible to prevent dehydration by drinking more water and managing morning sickness. In severe cases, a person may require intravenous (IV) fluids for dehydration.

Flooding from Hurricane Helene in late September shut down one of the largest suppliers of IV fluids in the U.S, a factory in Marion, N.C., about 35 miles outside of Asheville.

The company makes about 60% of all IV fluids used in the U.S., and the destruction has made IV fluids less available for newborns, surgery, childbirth, chemotherapy, dialysis, and more.

Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were before Hurricane Helene exacerbated supply shortages. When the storm ...

It found that an average of about 6.6% of patients admitted to an emergency department with dehydration were administered saline fluids through an IV in the months prior to Hurricane Helene.