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Dehydration happens when your body loses more water than it takes in, which disrupts the normal chemical processes your body needs to function. This can occur from sweating a lot, certain health conditions, or simply not drinking enough water.
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Dehydration
- Medical condition (new).image
- Cholera rehydration nurses.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Nurses encourage a patient to drink an oral rehydration solution to treat dehydration caused by cholera.
- Medical condition (new).field
- Critical care medicine
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Increased thirst, tiredness, decreased urine, dizziness, headaches, and confusion
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Low blood volume shock (hypovolemic shock), coma, seizures, urinary tract infection, kidney disease, heatstroke, hypernatremia, metabolic disease, hypertension
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Loss of body water
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Physical water scarcity, heatwaves, disease (most commonly from diseases that cause vomiting and/or diarrhea), exercise
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Drinking clean water
- Medical condition (new).medication
- Saline
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