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Symptoms of DehydrationFrom asthma to ulcers & everything in betweenSymptoms of dehydration warn us of possible serious health problems on the horizon.
Scroll down for alphabetized list of disorders that symptoms of dehydration can develop into or look on navigation bar underneath CONDITIONS-ILLNESS and click on tab that includes the letter that the condition or illness starts with. Following is a discussion of why dehydration leads to so many health problems & how we know that it does. Eventually a particular symptom of dehydration can lead to serious disease and illness. Dehydration signs are similar to high blood pressure in that both are "silent" but affect many systems and eventually lead to serious health problems. Traditional medicine doesn't address the issue of mild, chronic dehydration and does not view many chronic diseases as signs of dehydration. We are chiefly concerned with dehydration that is mild to moderate, occurs over months or years, is chronic and leads to serious health problems: mild but chronic symptoms of dehydration. How do chronic symptoms of dehydration develop? We release about 2.5 quarts of liquid a day. If we do not replace this we start to run a debt and dehydration begins. Even if we adapt to dehydration, eventually it affects us. What are the physical effects of dehydration? 1)The amount of blood we have starts to shrink, get a bit sludgy as the blood gives up some of its water to the organs. 2)Then the water that surrounds the cells starts to diminish. This affects how well and speedily cells perform their roles. 3)Finally, as liquid is sucked out of the cells themselves, the cells shrink. Most of the water in our body is inside of the cells (70%). About 22% of our water surrounds the cells and the rest, 8%, is in our blood. Remember, the answer that the notorious bank robber, Willie Sutton, gave when asked why he robbed banks? "Cuz that's where the money's at." Same here. Why does most of the water that's drawn from our body get drawn from the cells? That's where the water is at. Dehydration effects the cells more than the surrounding area or the blood. That's why effects of dehydration are so varied and serious. Our cells are everywhere, responsible for everything. Another serious symptom of dehydration is that our enzymes start to slow down. Enzymes are needed for our bodies to perform all basic tasks.
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However, there is one area of research where the results are clear and definite. Effects of dehydration include reduced work ability This is one area where we can provide exact, scientific facts. There have been many experiments conducted on how dehydration effects our ability (capacity) to do work. Here is what the research shows: For every 1% of water weight that we lose, our capacity to do work or exercise goes down 10%.So, if we lose 3% of our water weight, our capacity goes down by about a third. Example: A person weighs 160 pounds and he is 75% water. So he has, or is, 120 pounds water. If he loses just 1.2 pounds of water his ability in whatever physical activity he's engaging in, gets 10% worse. The effect continues at the same rate. So 2% water loss = 20% loss of capacity and so on. This astonishing finding shows us how just a little water loss or dehydration, easily done in a moderate exercise session, leads to a great loss in ability to work or perform. So, it is reasonable to assume that even a little dehydration greatly effects how well all of our organs and systems and cells perform their duties 24/7. If our physical systems, organs and very cells are not working as they should be, it is likely that symptoms will result including health problems, chronic disease and premature aging.
Health problems that symptoms of dehydration lead toIn fact, the effects of dehydration are so varied that it is difficult to come up with a disease that is not a symptom of dehydration. Following are links to a discussion of such health problems. Some have more important details on the relationship between condition and dehydration right below the list. Some have links to pages that provide more valuable information on the connection and/or are listed on the navigation bar. (Please check back with us as conditions are added or have separate pages attached to them.)
F - J, Go to effects of dehydrations starting with letters F - J K - O, Go to illnesses of chronic dehydration, starting with letters K - O P - T, Go to dehydration conditions starting with letters P - T U - Z, Go to dehydration disorders starting with letters U - Z
Why not? We are 75% water. Our cells bath in mostly water. Our blood is mostly water. Our cells themselves are made up of mostly water. Doesn't it make sense that if the water system in our bodies is diminished, or reduced in quality, then any one of our systems and organs can be affected? What's more, approximately 80% of the public does not drink enough water. That's a higher percentage than people who smoke, are overweight or suffer from high blood pressure. Is it any wonder why symptoms of dehydration, left unchecked, may be the most serious health risk to you as an individual and to a society as a whole. Concerned that a particular health issue you are dealing with is one of the many dehydration signs? Go and drink water, right now.
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How can not drinking enough water can be linked to so many conditions.