What is best drink for dehydration
What is Dehydration? Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.
today's topic is dehydration dehydration
occurs when more water and fluids leave
the body than enter it
even low levels of dehydration can cause
headaches lethargy and constipation the
human body is roughly 75% water without
this water it cannot survive water is
found inside cells within blood vessels
and between cells causes sometimes
dehydration occurs for simple reasons
you don't drink enough because you're
sick or busy or because you lack access
to safe drinking water when you're
traveling hiking or camping other
dehydration causes include diarrhea or
vomiting severe acute diarrhea that is
diarrhea that comes on suddenly and
violently can cause a tremendous loss of
water and electrolytes in a short amount
of time if you have vomiting along with
diarrhea and you lose even more fluids
and minerals fever in general the higher
your fever the more dehydrated you may
become the problem worsens if you have a
fever in addition to diarrhea and
vomiting excessive sweating you lose
water when you sweat if you do figure
it's activity and don't replace fluids
as you go along you can become
dehydrated hot humid weather increases
the amount you sweat and the amount of
fluid you lose increased urination this
may be due to undiagnosed or
uncontrolled diabetes certain
medications such as diuretics and some
blood pressure medications also can lead
to dehydration generally because they
cause you to urinate more signs and
symptoms the body's initial responses to
dehydration are thirst to increase water
intake and decreased urine output to try
to conserve water loss the urine will
become concentrated and more yellow in
color as the level of water loss
increases more symptoms can become
apparent
the following are further signs and
symptoms of dehydration dry mouth eyes
stop making tears sweating may stop
muscle cramps nausea and vomiting heart
palpitations light headedness especially
what's standing weakness decreased urine
output the body tries to maintain
cardiac output the amount of blood that
is pumped by the heart of the body and
if the amount of fluid in the
intravascular space is decreased the
body compensates for this decrease by
increasing the heart rate and making
blood vessels constrict to try to
maintain blood pressure and blood flow
to the vital organs of the body the body
shunts blood flow away from the skin to
internal organs for example the brain
heart lungs kidneys and intestines
causing the skin to feel cool and clammy
this coping mechanism begins to fail as
the level of dehydration increases with
severe dehydration confusion and
weakness will occur as the brain and
other body organs receive less blood
flow finally coma organ failure and
death eventually will occur if the
dehydration remains untreated diagnosis
your doctor can often diagnose
dehydration on the basis of physical
signs and symptoms if you're dehydrated
you're also likely to have low blood
pressure especially when moving from a
line to a standing position
faster the normal heart rate and reduced
blood flow to your extremities to help
confirm the diagnosis and pinpoint the
degree of dehydration you may have other
tests such as blood tests blood samples
may be used to check for a number of
factors such as the levels of your
electrolytes especially sodium and
potassium and how well your kidneys are
working your analysis test done on your
urine can help show whether you're
dehydrated and to what degree they also
can check for signs of a bladder
infection
treatment the only effective treatment
for dehydration is to replace lost
fluids and lost electrolytes the best
approach to dehydration treatment
depends on age the severity of
dehydration and its cause for infants
and children who have become dehydrated
from diarrhea vomiting or fever using
over-the-counter oral rehydration
solution these solutions contain water
and salts in specific proportions to
replenish both fluids and electrolytes
children and adults who are severely
dehydrated should be treated by
emergency personnel arriving in an
ambulance or in a hospital emergency
room salts and fluids delivered through
a vein or intravenously are absorbed
quickly and speed recovery thank you for
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