Dehydration.

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Dehydration.

Last week Sunday was medical Sunday; it was an awesome Sunday and all what was said was really enlightening and insightful, I should have written this article last week but I couldn't due to "part-time schooling" stress. All what I'm going to write today is purely what I was taught on Sunday, I would really be glad to see your contribution to this topic. We learn everyday.

What is dehydration?.

Dehydration, simply put; is when your intake of water is lesser than the water that goes out of your body system. Or better still, dehydration is when you're loosing more water than you're taking in.

In my country, bottled water has increased by times two of the initial amount, and soft drink has reduced in size but it's still the same amount to purchase a bottle water. Most times; when I'm inside the bus and I'm really thirsty, if I don't see an hawker who sells sachet water, I don't bother purchasing it; instead I usually opt for soft drink. Normally; my mentality is that I can get sachet water (half the price of bottled water) and it would even have more quantity than the bottled water itself. Whenever I see people purchasing bottled water, I keep wondering: "why can't they purchase soft drink instead? At least it tastes better than water."

The teaching on Dehydration, last week Sunday; completely changed my thinking faculty. I now understand perfectly well that "water has no substitute" once you're thirsty and you feel the need to drink water, get it and drink it, don't replace it with soft drink or any other all because they are all liquid substances.

Dehydration can affect anybody and it has different stages:

• Mild dehydration.

• Moderate dehydration.

• Severe dehydration.

Features of dehydration.

• Eyes: Sunken in eyes.

• Tears: when a child cries but tears aren't coming out of the child's eyes.

• Mouth and tongue appears dry.

• Fast breathe.

• Constipation.

• Dizziness.

• Skin looks dry.

He further spoke about severe dehydration and what he said here made me to wander back; enough to remember pulling my mum's skin and watching it slowly go back to normal. Immediately I learnt this, I phoned her to tell her to start drinking enough water. When we met; I stylishly pulled her skin again and it didn't go back slowly.

I was glad.

If you pull your skin and it goes back; slowly, it's severe dehydration.

We loose water from our body system when we sweat, urinate, cry, spit, breathe, talk... etc.

The main cause of dehydration is poor fluid intake. When we don't take enough water. I remember when I was still in the game of teaching, a parent always complained about her child.

What was the complaint about?.

Parent: Chizaram likes water, I don't know why? She drinks water too much and that's why she is always going to the toilet to urinate.

Me: I noticed it ma'am, every second; Chizaram is struggling with her bag, to take out her bottle and drink water. I can't even count the number of times she comes to me; telling me, she wants to drink water. When her water gets exhausted, you'll see her fighting with the water bottle, just to figure out if an invisible amount of water can pour out. And when nothing comes out. She comes back to me, telling me she her water is exhausted and she wants to drink water.

I actually never understood then, but I understand it now. All of a sudden I'm glad she loves drinking water.

How to treat dehydration?

• Drink water.

• Drink enough water.

• The quantity of water you take should increase; depending on the activity.

• Just drink water.

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