{"id":998,"date":"2016-01-13T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbodywork.com\/?p=998"},"modified":"2016-01-09T15:26:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T20:26:47","slug":"dehydration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"Dehydration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dehydration occurs when your body loses too much fluid. This can happen when you stop drinking water or lose large amounts of fluid through diarrhea, vomiting, sweating, or exercise. Not drinking enough fluids can cause muscle cramps. You may feel faint. Usually your body can reabsorb fluid from your blood and other body tissues. But by the time you become severely dehydrated, you no longer have enough fluid in your body to get blood to your organs, and you may go into shock, which is a life-threatening condition.<\/p>\n

Dehydration can occur in anyone of any age, but it is most dangerous for babies, small children, and older adults.<\/p>\n

Babies and small children have an increased chance of becoming dehydrated because:
\n\u2022 A greater portion of their bodies is made of water.
\n\u2022 Children have a high metabolic rate, so their bodies use more water.
\n\u2022 A child’s kidneys do not conserve water as well as an adult’s kidneys .
\n\u2022 A child’s natural defense system that helps fight infection (immune system) is not fully developed, which increases the chance of getting an illness that causes vomiting and diarrhea.
\n\u2022 Children often will not drink or eat when they are not feeling well.
\n\u2022 They depend on their caregivers to provide them with food and fluids.<\/p>\n

Dehydration in older adults<\/p>\n

Older adults have an increased chance of becoming dehydrated because they may:
\n\u2022 Not drink because they do not feel as thirsty as younger people.
\n\u2022 Have kidneys that do not work well.
\n\u2022 Choose not to drink because of the inability to control their bladders (incontinence).
\nHave physical problems or a disease which makes it:
\n\u2022 Hard to drink or hold a glass.
\n\u2022 Painful to get up from a chair.
\n\u2022 Painful or exhausting to go to the bathroom.
\n\u2022 Hard to talk or communicate to someone about their symptoms.
\n\u2022 Take medicines that increase urine output.
\n\u2022 Not have enough money to adequately feed themselves.<\/p>\n

Watch babies, small children, and older adults closely for the early symptoms of dehydration anytime they have illnesses that cause high fever, vomiting, or diarrhea. These are the early symptoms of dehydration:
\n\u2022 The mouth and eyes may be drier than usual.
\n\u2022 The urine may be darker than usual.
\n\u2022 The person may feel cranky, tired, or dizzy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dehydration occurs when your body loses too much fluid. This can happen when you stop drinking water or lose large amounts of fluid through diarrhea, vomiting, sweating, or exercise. Not drinking enough fluids can cause muscle cramps. You may feel faint. Usually your body can reabsorb fluid from your blood and other body tissues. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[177,43,25],"class_list":["post-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dehydration","tag-pain","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}