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Dehydration occurs when you lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn't have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. Young children, older adults, the ill and chronically ill are especially susceptible. | |||
You can usually reverse mild to moderate dehydration by drinking more fluids, but severe dehydration needs immediate medical treatment. <ref name="Mayo">MayoClinic. Dehydration. Mayoclinic website. 2011. Available at: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dehydration/DS00561. Accessed March 15, 2013.</ref> | |||
There are three main types of dehydration: hypotonic (primarily a loss of electrolytes), hypertonic (primarily loss of water), and isotonic (equal loss of water and electrolytes). The most commonly seen in humans is isotonic. <ref name="News Medical">Dehydration-What is Dehydration?. News-medical website. Available at: http://www.news-medical.net/health/Dehydration-What-is-Dehydration.aspx. Accessed on March 15, 2013.</ref> | |||
== Prevalence == | == Prevalence == |
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Definition/Description[edit | edit source]
Dehydration occurs when you lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn't have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. Young children, older adults, the ill and chronically ill are especially susceptible.
You can usually reverse mild to moderate dehydration by drinking more fluids, but severe dehydration needs immediate medical treatment. [1]
There are three main types of dehydration: hypotonic (primarily a loss of electrolytes), hypertonic (primarily loss of water), and isotonic (equal loss of water and electrolytes). The most commonly seen in humans is isotonic. [2]
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- ↑ MayoClinic. Dehydration. Mayoclinic website. 2011. Available at: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dehydration/DS00561. Accessed March 15, 2013.
- ↑ Dehydration-What is Dehydration?. News-medical website. Available at: http://www.news-medical.net/health/Dehydration-What-is-Dehydration.aspx. Accessed on March 15, 2013.