Is electrolyte drink only for diarrhea ?

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I am writing this in response to some older posts about electrolyte drinks that

got me thinking. My son, age 8, has been SCD for 6 weeks for Crohns disease

(diagnosed 7/18/10, and is not yet taking any traditional medicines. For the

first 3 weeks he did so much better, but the last 3 weeks, he has been having

what I suspect are die off symptoms. Not as bad now as 2 weeks ago, but still

has joint pain, and lots of dizziness, low grade fevers, but they seem to be

getting better this week too. Just wondering if the talk about low electrolytes

could be helpful in combating the symptoms of the die off? Or maybe a better way

to phrase this is, what are the symptoms of low electrolytes and could it be an

effect of the die off? He is not having diarrhea.

Thanks,

yvette