Suero Oral refers to homemade electrolyte solutions common to many households in South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and in other Spanish speaking areas. Served in beverage form, suero oral was used by Hispanic families to rehydrate after work in heat intensive environments, athletic activity, pediatric vomiting and diarrhea, and as a hangover remedy. Suero Oral is often recommended to those traveling to Latin America a way to avoid dehydration. The United States Peace Corps

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 missions to Latin America often conduct instructional sessions on crafting homemade suero oral to combat dehydration. Generic versions of suero oral can be found in most pharmacies across South and Central America.

In the US, versions of suero oral have been created to service and appeal to the Hispanic population of the United States. Similar in formula to the popular pediatric electrolyte beverage Pedialyte

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, Suero Oral is consumed for many of the same reasons as its counterparts in Latin America.